nastyleg
11-19-2009, 02:34 AM
Peshawar court explosion kills 16
A bomb blast outside the main gate of a court building in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed 16 people, and injured 26 others.
The court is located on the busy Khyber Road and the area is generally crowded during the morning.
Last week a car bomb targeted Pakistani intelligence offices on the same road, just a couple of kilometres westwards.
The building is also close to the Pearl Continental Hotel, which was targeted by a truck bomb earlier this year.
More than 100 people were killed in a blast at a market in Peshawar last month.
The number of attacks across Pakistan has increased dramatically as the army continues its offensive against the Taliban in the country's South Waziristan region.
The head of Peshawar city administration, Sahibzada Anees, told reporters that a suicide bomber carried out the attack.
"The bomber blew himself up when he was being body searched by a police guard at the gate of the court complex," he said.
Dr Sahib Gul, head of Lady Reading Hospital, said 16 bodies had been brought to the hospital.
Several vehicles were destroyed in the blast.
Security officials have cordoned off the area Khyber Road has been closed for traffic.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8367630.stm
A bomb blast outside the main gate of a court building in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed 16 people, and injured 26 others.
The court is located on the busy Khyber Road and the area is generally crowded during the morning.
Last week a car bomb targeted Pakistani intelligence offices on the same road, just a couple of kilometres westwards.
The building is also close to the Pearl Continental Hotel, which was targeted by a truck bomb earlier this year.
More than 100 people were killed in a blast at a market in Peshawar last month.
The number of attacks across Pakistan has increased dramatically as the army continues its offensive against the Taliban in the country's South Waziristan region.
The head of Peshawar city administration, Sahibzada Anees, told reporters that a suicide bomber carried out the attack.
"The bomber blew himself up when he was being body searched by a police guard at the gate of the court complex," he said.
Dr Sahib Gul, head of Lady Reading Hospital, said 16 bodies had been brought to the hospital.
Several vehicles were destroyed in the blast.
Security officials have cordoned off the area Khyber Road has been closed for traffic.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8367630.stm