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Pakistan: President condemns terror attack in Peshawar
Peshawar, 9 Nov. (AKI) - Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari and prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani on Monday condemned the latest suicide attack in the northern city of Peshawar and reiterated their pledge to fight terrorism in the country. In a statement the government said at least four people had been killed and five others were injured when a suicide bomber targeted a police checkpoint on Sunday.
Shafaqat Malik from the police bomb disposal squad said that the suicide bomber blew himself up in a rickshaw when police asked him to leave the vehicle.
Zardari and Gillani reiterated their resolve to fight terrorism in separate messages and expressed their deep sorrow over Monday's deaths.
Police said the bomber was heading to a more crowded area but decided to detonate his explosives when police stopped him at the checkpoint. A police officer was among the victims and a child was reportedly among those injured in the attack.
Immediately after the incident police cordoned off the area and began an investigation while emergency services rushed the injured to a local hospital for urgent treatment.
It was the second deadly suicide explosion to strike the northern city of Peshawar in the North West Frontier Province in the past 24 hours.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for Sunday's suicide attack in which 14 people including an anti-Taliban mayor were killed and 36 others were injured on the outskirts of Peshawar.
Police said a bomb of five to six kilogrammes had been used by the suicide bomber and police had strengthened security in different areas of the capital.
Also on Sunday, police shot reportedly dead a would-be suicide bomber who approached a checkpoint in the heavily guarded and leafy capital, Islamabad, officials said. Police said the man came from South Waziristan.
Pakistan's military and its civilian government have blamed the attacks on Taliban militants avenging both the military offensive and the killing of their leader Baitullah Mehsud in a US missile attack in August.
A major ground and air offensive was launched on 17 October against militants in the lawless northwestern tribal area of South Waziristan bordering Afghanistan. The army claims nearly 500 militants have been killed in the military action
Shafaqat Malik from the police bomb disposal squad said that the suicide bomber blew himself up in a rickshaw when police asked him to leave the vehicle.
Zardari and Gillani reiterated their resolve to fight terrorism in separate messages and expressed their deep sorrow over Monday's deaths.
Police said the bomber was heading to a more crowded area but decided to detonate his explosives when police stopped him at the checkpoint. A police officer was among the victims and a child was reportedly among those injured in the attack.
Immediately after the incident police cordoned off the area and began an investigation while emergency services rushed the injured to a local hospital for urgent treatment.
It was the second deadly suicide explosion to strike the northern city of Peshawar in the North West Frontier Province in the past 24 hours.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for Sunday's suicide attack in which 14 people including an anti-Taliban mayor were killed and 36 others were injured on the outskirts of Peshawar.
Police said a bomb of five to six kilogrammes had been used by the suicide bomber and police had strengthened security in different areas of the capital.
Also on Sunday, police shot reportedly dead a would-be suicide bomber who approached a checkpoint in the heavily guarded and leafy capital, Islamabad, officials said. Police said the man came from South Waziristan.
Pakistan's military and its civilian government have blamed the attacks on Taliban militants avenging both the military offensive and the killing of their leader Baitullah Mehsud in a US missile attack in August.
A major ground and air offensive was launched on 17 October against militants in the lawless northwestern tribal area of South Waziristan bordering Afghanistan. The army claims nearly 500 militants have been killed in the military action
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