Submit your comments on this article | ||||
India-Pakistan | ||||
Bombs kill dozens in Pakistan as Sharif vows action | ||||
2013-07-01 | ||||
A suspected suicide bomber killed 28 people in an attack on a Shia area of Quetta, in the south-west, which has been gripped by sectarian violence. And a bomb attack on security forces in Peshawar in the north-west left 17 people dead and more than 40 injured. The attacks came as PM Nawaz Sharif pledged new action on terrorism.
Mr Sharif is under mounting pressure to explain how he intends stopping the bloodshed, our correspondent says.
On Sunday evening, a suicide bomber on a bicycle tried to attack a Shia mosque but was intercepted at a checkpoint where the bomb went off, police said. Nine women, a young girl and four boys were among those killed. In Peshawar, hospital officials told the BBC four children were amongst those killed in an attack near the city. A bomb was placed inside a car parked on the side of the road in a busy market area just south of the city. The target was a convoy of troops but all those reported to have been killed were civilians. | ||||
Posted by:Steve White |