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Student dies, 22 hurt in Quetta suicide attack
Thursday, September 25, 2008
QUETTA: A female student was killed and more than 22 people, including 13 personnel of security forces and six students, were injured when a suicide bomber hit a vehicle of the Frontier Corps (FC) near the Military Police (MP) check-post on the Airport Road here on Wednesday.
Provincial Police Officer (PPO) Asif Nawaz Warraich told newsmen that a suicide bomber, aged between 16-17, struck a vehicle of the FC that was passing through the Merck Chowk. The bomber was carrying around 10 kilograms of explosive material. The vehicle of the FC was badly damaged while splinters hit the security personnel and passers-by, mostly male and female students who were in their private vehicles.
A splinter hit a student of the Government Girls College, Quetta, who succumbed to her injuries at hospital. She was identified as Shahida. An injured student Durdana said their school van was on its way when she heard a big bang and then some hard object hit their vehicle. There was panic in the van and then I came to know that splinters had struck my sister, Ambreen, and other students on board, including Shahida.
The security personnel, who were injured in the blast, were identified as Naik Sharif, Faizullah, Lance Naik Abdul Qayyum, sepoys Ali Jan, Ibrahim, Ehsan, Gul Rehman, Mir Muad, Zafar, Akhtar, Adil, Rafiq, Kalimullah, besides three employees of the Ordnance Depot namely Ibrahim, Faqir Muhammad and Amir Hamza.
The wounded female students were identified as Durdana, Najiba, Shahina and two sisters Afia and Qafia and a boy Ikram. A passer-by Muhammad Wali also sustained injuries. The injured were moved to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) and the Sandeman Provincial Headquarter Hospital.
The police, after reaching the spot, cordoned off the area and closed the road for traffic.Meanwhile, Governor Balochistan Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi and Chief Minister Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani have expressed their deep sorrow over the death of a female student and condemned the suicide attack.
APP adds: President Asif Ali Zardari and acting President Muhammadmian Soomro also strongly condemned the suicide blast. In a message, the president expressed his grief over the incident and said the perpetrators of such heinous crime would be brought to justice. President Zardari also condoled with the families of the victims and prayed for early recovery of those injured in the attack.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
QUETTA: A female student was killed and more than 22 people, including 13 personnel of security forces and six students, were injured when a suicide bomber hit a vehicle of the Frontier Corps (FC) near the Military Police (MP) check-post on the Airport Road here on Wednesday.
Provincial Police Officer (PPO) Asif Nawaz Warraich told newsmen that a suicide bomber, aged between 16-17, struck a vehicle of the FC that was passing through the Merck Chowk. The bomber was carrying around 10 kilograms of explosive material. The vehicle of the FC was badly damaged while splinters hit the security personnel and passers-by, mostly male and female students who were in their private vehicles.
A splinter hit a student of the Government Girls College, Quetta, who succumbed to her injuries at hospital. She was identified as Shahida. An injured student Durdana said their school van was on its way when she heard a big bang and then some hard object hit their vehicle. There was panic in the van and then I came to know that splinters had struck my sister, Ambreen, and other students on board, including Shahida.
The security personnel, who were injured in the blast, were identified as Naik Sharif, Faizullah, Lance Naik Abdul Qayyum, sepoys Ali Jan, Ibrahim, Ehsan, Gul Rehman, Mir Muad, Zafar, Akhtar, Adil, Rafiq, Kalimullah, besides three employees of the Ordnance Depot namely Ibrahim, Faqir Muhammad and Amir Hamza.
The wounded female students were identified as Durdana, Najiba, Shahina and two sisters Afia and Qafia and a boy Ikram. A passer-by Muhammad Wali also sustained injuries. The injured were moved to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) and the Sandeman Provincial Headquarter Hospital.
The police, after reaching the spot, cordoned off the area and closed the road for traffic.Meanwhile, Governor Balochistan Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi and Chief Minister Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani have expressed their deep sorrow over the death of a female student and condemned the suicide attack.
APP adds: President Asif Ali Zardari and acting President Muhammadmian Soomro also strongly condemned the suicide blast. In a message, the president expressed his grief over the incident and said the perpetrators of such heinous crime would be brought to justice. President Zardari also condoled with the families of the victims and prayed for early recovery of those injured in the attack.