Five killed as blasts break lull in Pakistan
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August 12, 2011, Friday
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A BURQA-CLAD woman suicide bomber attacked police at the scene of an earlier explosion in northwest Pakistan yesterday, twin strikes that killed five people and broke a relative lull in militant violence in the country.
Islamist extremists with links to al-Qaida have waged a bloody campaign against Pakistan's pro-western rulers since 2007. Up to 35,000 people have been killed, raising fears abroad about the stability of the nation.
In the first incident yesterday, a remote-controlled bomb exploded in Peshawar's Lahori Gate area as a police transport drove by carrying constables about to start their shift. Four officers and a boy were killed, and 22 people were injured.
An hour later, two women approached police guarding the area. One of them threw a grenade and detonated a suicide vest, according to Shafqat Malik, a bomb disposal police officer. He said she appeared to be 16 or 17 years old.
Police officer Himayat Ullah, who was injured, said: "I thought the girl was pregnant, as she was walking slowly with another woman."
Pakistan has seen few large militant attacks over the past two months. Most militants are based in the northwest, close to Afghanistan. Peshawar - the largest town in the region - is frequently hit.
Islamist extremists with links to al-Qaida have waged a bloody campaign against Pakistan's pro-western rulers since 2007. Up to 35,000 people have been killed, raising fears abroad about the stability of the nation.
In the first incident yesterday, a remote-controlled bomb exploded in Peshawar's Lahori Gate area as a police transport drove by carrying constables about to start their shift. Four officers and a boy were killed, and 22 people were injured.
An hour later, two women approached police guarding the area. One of them threw a grenade and detonated a suicide vest, according to Shafqat Malik, a bomb disposal police officer. He said she appeared to be 16 or 17 years old.
Police officer Himayat Ullah, who was injured, said: "I thought the girl was pregnant, as she was walking slowly with another woman."
Pakistan has seen few large militant attacks over the past two months. Most militants are based in the northwest, close to Afghanistan. Peshawar - the largest town in the region - is frequently hit.
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