Blast in Nowshera bakery kills 18

[hembo]

Blast in Nowshera bakery kills 8
Published: June 5, 2011

NOWSHERA: At least eight people were killed in an explosion inside a bakery on GT road in Nowshera city on Sunday.

According to Express 24/7 reporter, Iftikhar Firdous, police officials present on the scene could not confirm the nature of the explosion.
According to initial reports, eight people have died in the attack while over 20 were injured. It is feared that others may be stuck in the rubble.

The bakery is located in a crowded bazaar very near to the CMH. The bazaar was crowded at the time of the explosion, as people were shopping for the week ahead.

Rescue operations were underway with fire fighters on the scene trying to contain the fire so as to avoid another explosion.

Police and army personnel present in the area had cordoned off the site.

 

[StingRoy]

Death toll is at 14 actually. RIP.

Nowshera bakery blast kills 14: officials | Provinces | DAWN.COM

 

[Varad]

RIP to the dead.

 

[Gentle Typhoon]

RIP ..........

 

[S.M.R]

it was a cylinder blast.

 

[hembo]

RIP TO THE DEAD.. Hope the death toll does not escalate any further.

Bomb attacks kill 24 in north-west Pakistan
By Faris Ali

PESHAWAR, Pakistan | Sun Jun 5, 2011 3:30pm EDT

(Reuters) - At least 24 people were killed in two separate bomb attacks in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, police said.

The attacks came after reported death of al Qaeda operative Ilyas Kashmiri in a U.S. drone missile strike in the ethnic Pashtun tribal region of South Waziristan on the Afghan border.

Militants vowed to take revenge of the killing.

A bomb exploded at a bakery in the cantonment area of Nowshera city, killing 18 people, police said.

"We have confirmed 18 dead," Turk Ali Shah, a police spokesman in Nowshera, told Reuters. He said 35 people were also wounded in the blast.

Zakaullah Khan, the city's top government official, said the death toll could rise as many wounded were in critical condition.

"It was a huge blast. It shattered the bakery and a restaurant nearby," he said.

Witnesses said a fire erupted in the bakery shop soon after the blast. "I saw several charred bodies laying on the ground and people were crying and shouting," Arif Nabi, a witness, said.

Hours earlier, another bomb blast at a bus stop on the outskirts of Peshawar, capital of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killed six people and wounded, police said.

Pakistan's Taliban militants, who have close ties to al Qaeda, have carried out a series of attacks to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. special forces in a Pakistani town on May 2.

They have attacked paramilitary cadets, a U.S. consulate convoy, a naval base and other targets.

The United States reiterated its call on Pakistan to become a more reliable partner in its war on militancy after it was discovered that bin Laden had apparently been living in Pakistan for years.

The Taliban have proven resilient in the face of several army offensives against their strongholds, seemingly carrying out suicide bombings at will.

(Additional reporting by Kamran Haider and Fayyaz Aziz; Editing by Jon Boyle)

 

[desioptimist]

it was a cylinder blast.

Was it a bomb blast or cylinder?

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

could have been an army bakery

 

[StingRoy]

Was it a bomb blast or cylinder?

CNN is reporting it was a suicide blast.

 

[S.M.R]

Was it a bomb blast or cylinder?

few channels are saying it was cylinder blast.

 

[shaktiman2010]

media probably trying to hide truth, to save ech n dee.

 

[Pak_Sher]

I hope and pray that the terrorists burn in hell. May Allah bless the innocent victims. Ameen!

 

[Hindustani]

RIP...............

 

[American Pakistani]

Rest In Peace.

 

[TaimiKhan]

It was a suicide blast, 18 martyred, many injured, some critical.

Few casualties from military feared too, plus the wife and children of a Major also martyred in the blast.