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| Nine killed, sixty injured in an explosion in Peshawar | | | Islamabad, Jan 28
At least nine people, including two
police officials, were killed and another sixty injured in an
explosion in Northwestern Pakistan last night.
Pakistan's private Geo TV quoted senior officials as saying
that the explosion took place minutes ahead of the start of a Shiite
mourning process in Dhaki Dalgaran area of densely populated Qissa
Khuwani Bazar of Peshawar, capital of the Northwestern Frontier
Province (NWFP).
Witnesses said majority of those killed and injured in the
blast were police and law enforcement officials, who were deployed
in the area to provide security cover to the mourning process.
Many believed that it was a suicide attack and the bomber blew
himself up on reaching close to police contingent. But provincial
government officials refused to give any confirmation in this regard.
Those killed in the blast included city chief police Malik
Muhammad Saad and Deputy Superintendent of police Khan Razzik.
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