Bomb attacks kill 53 in

artappraiser — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 23:45:04 +0000

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Bomb attacks kill 53 in Pakistan
Agence France Presse, 30 June, 2013

Bomb attacks have killed 53 people in Pakistan, as David Cameron called for tough action against terrorism during a visit to the capital.

In the two deadliest attacks a suicide bomber killed 28 people at a checkpoint near a Shia Muslim mosque in the southwestern city of Quetta, and a car bombing killed 17 in the northwest.

The combined toll marked the deadliest day for more than four months in the nuclear-armed state, which is battling homegrown extremism and is on the frontline of the US-led war against Al-Qaeda.

In Quetta, officials said a suicide bomber tried to access a Shiite mosque in the congested Hazara town, a mainly Shiite community on the edge of the city, but was intercepted at a checkpoint.

"Twenty-eight people have been killed and more than 51 others are injured," said senior police official Mir Zubair.

"Nine women, a minor girl and four boys were also killed in the attack," Mr Zubair told reporters.

Baluchistan provincial home secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani said the bomber blew himself up at a checkpoint set up by a local neighbourhood volunteers around 50 yards away from the mosque. [.....]

Taliban bombs kill 12, wound

artappraiser — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 15:33:06 +0000

In reply to Karachi violence leaves at least 16 dead (and reads like war)

Taliban bombs kill 12, wound Pakistan judge: officials

A TTP spokesman accused the judge of handing down ‘anti-Taliban verdicts’

By Mohammad Ashraf, Correspondent, Gulf News, June 26, 2013

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