Car bomb kills 24 at Pakistan market
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November 11, 2009, Wednesday
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A CAR bomb exploded outside a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan yesterday, killing at least 24 people in the latest attack by suspected militants apparently aimed at avenging an army offensive along the Afghan border.
The bombing, aimed at causing maximum civilian casualties, was the third blast in as many days in or close to Peshawar, the capital of the North West Frontier Province, an area bordering the tribal region where the army is pushing into a key Taliban and al-Qaida sanctuary.
The blast in Charsadda, some 40 kilometers north of Peshawar, was caused by some 40 kilograms of explosives stuffed into a van, said the senior police chief in Peshawar, Liaqat Ali Khan. Authorities were investigating whether the attack, which killed at least 24 people and wounded 102 others, was carried out by a suicide bomber, he said. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
The bombing, aimed at causing maximum civilian casualties, was the third blast in as many days in or close to Peshawar, the capital of the North West Frontier Province, an area bordering the tribal region where the army is pushing into a key Taliban and al-Qaida sanctuary.
The blast in Charsadda, some 40 kilometers north of Peshawar, was caused by some 40 kilograms of explosives stuffed into a van, said the senior police chief in Peshawar, Liaqat Ali Khan. Authorities were investigating whether the attack, which killed at least 24 people and wounded 102 others, was carried out by a suicide bomber, he said. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
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