22 killed in Pakistan market bombing
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December 16, 2009, Wednesday
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A SUICIDE car bomb exploded in a market close to the home of a politician in Pakistan's most populous province yesterday, killing 22 people and wounding 70 others.
The blast in the Punjabi town of Dera Ghazi Khan was the latest in a series of attacks by Taliban militants avenging an army offensive against insurgents in the northwest. More than 500 people have been killed.
The attacker detonated his explosives outside the house of the lawmaker, who was not at home. Most of the dead and injured were people shopping or working at the market. It was unclear whether the bomber targeted the politician's home or the market.
As night fell, people searched through the debris for survivors trapped under the rubble. "The whole market has collapsed," said Raz Khan, a local resident. "There is smoke and people running here and there."
The lawmaker whose home was hit, Zulfiqar Khosa, is a senior member of the Pakistan Muslim League-N party, which governs Punjab but is in the opposition in the federal government.
The blast in the Punjabi town of Dera Ghazi Khan was the latest in a series of attacks by Taliban militants avenging an army offensive against insurgents in the northwest. More than 500 people have been killed.
The attacker detonated his explosives outside the house of the lawmaker, who was not at home. Most of the dead and injured were people shopping or working at the market. It was unclear whether the bomber targeted the politician's home or the market.
As night fell, people searched through the debris for survivors trapped under the rubble. "The whole market has collapsed," said Raz Khan, a local resident. "There is smoke and people running here and there."
The lawmaker whose home was hit, Zulfiqar Khosa, is a senior member of the Pakistan Muslim League-N party, which governs Punjab but is in the opposition in the federal government.
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