கார் பாம் வெடித்ததில் பெஷாவரில் 9 பேர் படுகாயம்

பெஷாவரில் ஹைகோர்ட் கட்டடத்துக்கு எதிராக கார்பாம் வெடித்ததில் 9 பேர் படுகாயமடைந்தனர்.

ஒரு வாரத்த்துக்கு முன்பு இதே பெஷாவரில் ஷியா பிரிவினரை குறிவைத்து ஒரு ஹோட்டலில் குண்டு வெடித்தது. அதன் தொடர்ச்சியே இது என்று கருதுகிறார்கள்.

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Nine injured in car bomb blast in Peshawar

Islamabad, May 29: A car bomb exploded outside the High Court building in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, injuring nine people.

The condition of the two of the nine injured was serious, city police officials said, contradicting earlier reports that six people were killed.

The car, which exploded, was parked outside the High Court building in Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The blast also caused damage to the vehicles around, Peshawar Mayor, Haji Ghulam Ali, said.

The buildings of Provincial Assembly and Central Jail are also located near the blast site.

The injured were shifted to the main Lady Reading Hospital, Ali said. Experts of bomb disposal squad visited the site and collected parts of the device.

No group claimed responsibility for the attack and Ali described it as a terrorist act aimed at civilians.

The explosion came weeks after a suicide bomb blast in a restaurant owned by an Uzbeck-Afghan national in the city killed over 20 people.

Today's blast also followed several incidents yesterday in NWFP and nearby tribal areas in which suspected pro-Taliban militants shot dead a senior Pakistani security officer in tank city while a suicide car bomber killed two paramilitary soldiers in Boltonabad area.

Militants ambushed the vehicle of Mir Zarwali Khan, assistant district officer of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) in Boltonabad area on the tank-Jandola road and killed him.

The paramilitary officer along with his driver was going to Peshawar from tank when the militants, hiding on both sides of the road, riddled the vehicle with bullets.

Police said Mir Zarwali died on the spot and his driver suffered serious injuries. Later, the militants set the vehicle on fire, 'Dawn' newspaper reported.

Also a suicide car bomber killed two paramilitary soldiers in Boltonabad area, hours after police shot dead four local Taliban in Bannu, the hometown of NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani.

The bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a frontier constabulary vehicle in the same area, killing two soldiers and injuring one.

Giving details of the incident, area force commander, Muqabil Mahsud, said the convoy of the FC comprising three vehicles was heading from tank to Boltonabad to secure the area when it was ambushed.

He said the explosives-laden car coming from the opposite direction rammed into the paramilitary vehicle, causing a massive blast while another car driven by militants sped away.

Earlier in the day, four local Taliban were killed in a shootout with police in the Bannu area. Two police officers and an unidentified passerby were also injured in the encounter, officials said.

Tension gripped the area, where additional police force has been dispatched from neighbouring districts after reports that militants were planning more attacks.

Residents and witnesses said that gun-toting militants, mostly from the adjacent frontier region, were often seen in the city, but law-enforcement agencies' personnel did not challenge them, the newspaper said.

Bureau Report