RAWALPINDI,A suicide bomber on a motorcycle hit a bus transport workers from a nuclear ability and blew himself up in the Pakistani metropolis of Rawalpindi on Thursday, killing at least one person, police said.
Pakistan has been hit by a wave of bombings in current weeks in answer to a military offensive against Taliban militants in the northwest of the country, but Thursday's was the closest to the capital since the launch of the offensive.
Rawalpindi, near Islamabad, is home to the headquarters of the Pakistani army and additional condition agencies.
The city's police chief had initially told reporters that up to six people had been kill in the blast, but he later revised that figure down.
"I was at the spot and was told the toll was five to six, but later we checked with hospitals and they long-established one dead and 29 wounded," Nasir Durrani told reporters.
Pakistan has been hit by a wave of bombings in current weeks in answer to a military offensive against Taliban militants in the northwest of the country, but Thursday's was the closest to the capital since the launch of the offensive.
Rawalpindi, near Islamabad, is home to the headquarters of the Pakistani army and additional condition agencies.
The city's police chief had initially told reporters that up to six people had been kill in the blast, but he later revised that figure down.
"I was at the spot and was told the toll was five to six, but later we checked with hospitals and they long-established one dead and 29 wounded," Nasir Durrani told reporters.
0 comments on "Bomb in Pakistan's Rawalpindi kills at least one"
Subscribe in a Reader
Post a Comment