Bombings kill 24 in Pakistan

Mangalore Today News Network

Islamabad, June 6: A suicide bomber attacked a bakery in Pakistan’s northwest on Sunday, killing 18 people, and another bomb in the volatile region left six others dead. The attacks were the latest in a wave of bloodshed to hit Pakistan since the U.S. raid that killed al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. 

The suicide bomber struck the bakery in a neighbourhood were Army personnel live in the town of Nowshera, police said. At least two soldiers were among the dead. 

The attacker was a young man carrying around 8 kg of explosives. The blast caused some gas cylinders in the bakery to explode, leading to a fire that left many of the 40 wounded in serious condition, said Fazal Maula, a police official. 

At least 10 people were killed and double the number injured in a bomb blast at a bakery in the Nowshera area of the Khyber-Pukhtoonkhwa province on Sunday night. 

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for planting the remote-controlled device in a dustbin at the entrance of the bakery. 

Since the bakery was located in a crowded market place, more casualties were feared, particularly since the bomb was activated during the Sunday rush-hour. The explosion also triggered a fire. 

Courtesy : Deccan Herald