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Islamabad Oct 23
Seven people were killed and 13 injured Friday when a suicide bomber struck at an air force base in Pakistan's Attock district while eight people were injured in a bombing outside a restaurant in Peshawar.
The bombings took place as the army continued to tighten its grip in the country's restive northwest region dominated by Taliban fighters.
A suicide bomber riding a bicycle blew himself up at a security checkpost near Pakistan Aeronautical Complex in Kamra.
A police official told Geo TV that seven people, including two securitymen, were killed while the injured were taken to Attock Hospital.
The Pakistan Aeronautical Complex at Kamra is the country's major air force maintenance and research hub, Dawn News reported.
Some foreign military experts have suggested it as a possible place to keep aircraft that can carry nuclear warheads. The army has denied that the facility is tied to the programme.
A second blast took place in Peshawar's residential Hayatabad area Friday.
Eyewitnesses told DawnNews that the blast was heard in front of the city's popular Swan restaurant.
The front wall of the restaurant was damaged and car parts littered the area, suggesting that it was a car bomb blast.Police say at least eight people have been injured in the blast.
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