Showing posts with label Mattani. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mattani. Show all posts

Saturday, April 13, 2013

9 killed as bomb hits bus in NW Pakistan

Police officials inspect a damaged van at the site of a bomb blast in the Mattani Bazaar, on the outskirts of Peshawar April 13, 2013. PHOTO: REUTERS
ISLAMABAD, April 13 (Xinhua) -- At least nine people were killed and nine others injured when a bomb targeted a passenger bus in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar on Saturday afternoon, local police said.

Shafi Ullah, Senior Superintendent of Police Rural Peshawar, said that the bomb planted on the bus went off when the bus passed by a market in Mattani area on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

He said that the bus was on its way to the neighboring Kohat district from Peshawar, and most of the
passengers were members of local pro-government militia.

Bomb disposal experts estimated three to five kg explosives were used in the blast.

The injured people including women and kids were rushed to nearby hospital where several of them were said to be in critical condition.

Several vehicles and shops were also damaged in the blast.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.

from XINHUA
2013-04-13 20:05:13 
Enhanced by Zemanta

Friday, July 20, 2012

Four injured in firing in NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, July 20 (Xinhua) -- At least four people were injured when some unidentified militants fired at shops near paramilitary forces' headquarters in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar on Friday morning, local media reported.

The incident happened at about 11:30 a.m. (local time) when two unknown gunmen riding a motorbike opened fire at grocery shops at Frontier road of Peshawar, the capital city of Pakistan's northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The attackers escaped the scene after the firing, according to the report by local Urdu TV channel Express.

The injured have been shifted to hospital. According to hospital sources, two of the injured people are in critical condition.

No group claimed responsibility for the blast yet.

In another incident, a blast took place in Mattani area of Peshawar but no causality was reported in the explosion.

Early Friday morning, a major attack was foiled when a 14- kilogram bomb, planted near a school building was found and defused by bomb disposal squad.

from XINHUA
2012-07-20 15:23:46

Enhanced by Zemanta

Search this blog