2 Roadside Bombs in Northwest Pakistan Kill at Least 7
- On Saturday, two remotely controlled roadside bombs killed at least seven people in Bannu, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, senior police official Yasir Afridi said.
- Pakistan has experienced a surge in militant violence in recent years, much of it claimed by the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan , allied with Afghanistan's Taliban.
- Afridi reported five people died in the first blast targeting a vehicle, while two more were killed when a second explosion hit rescuers responding to the scene; three others were wounded.
- President Asif Ali Zardari strongly condemned the bombings, warning 'internal and external handlers of terrorism' who provide safe havens and logistical support to militant networks.
- A search operation is underway to find those responsible, though no group has immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, with suspicion likely to fall on the TTP.
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In northwestern Pakistan, at least seven people were killed and three more injured in an attack.
Pakistan: 7 killed, 3 injured in twin blasts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Seven people were killed and three others injured in two explosions in Marka Bera, a semi-tribal mountainous area of Bannu’s Wazir sub-division. Bannu District Police Officer (DPO) Yasir Afridi confirmed that a total of seven people were martyred and three others were injured in the two blasts. He said security forces and law enforcement agencies immediately reached the area, collected evidence and launched an investigation into the incidents. I…
An emergency medical trip turned into a second massacre in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan, after seven people were killed and three others injured on Saturday in two successive roadside bomb explosions in the Bannu district...
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