Three bomb blasts rock Pakistan's Peshawar
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, April 5 ,IRNA -- A series of three bomb blasts rocked the highly security zone in Pakistani northwestern city of Peshawar in rush hour on Monday, causing casualties, witnesses said.
The blasts occurred in 20 minutes in cantonment area, police said.
TV footage showed a big blast near a roadside shop, sending thick smoke in the air. Witnesses said they saw a car exploded with a huge blast.
Officials said that the American consulate located in cantonment area. They said an armoured vehicle car of the security forces was also destroyed in one of the blasts.
Soldiers, who regularly patrol in the area, opened fire shortly after the blasts, witnesses said.
The injured were shifted to army’s hospital and no information about the casualties was provided by the army. The journalists were not allowed to go into the army’s hospital.
Sources said that eight people were injured and shifted to Lady Reading Hospital.
TV channels showed soldiers taking away an injured from the blast site.
An army helicopter was seen flying in the area to check if any attack was hiding in the area. The security forces made announcements, asking the people to stay way from the blast sites fearing more blasts.
The blasts smashed windows of houses and offices in the area, witnesses said.
President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani condemned the attack and said terrorists can not stop the government from fight against them.
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End News / IRNA / News Code 1037339
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