Bombings in Pakistan Kill Dozens, Putting Country on Edge
The other terrorist attack on Friday took place in Parachinar, the capital of the Kurram tribal region in the country’s northwest, when back-to-back bombings at Turi market during the evening rush killed at least 40 people
and wounded more than 200, according to Hayatulla, a local official who goes by one name.
" said Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor, a military spokesman, referring to the national cricket team’s having won its first International Cricket Council Champions Trophy on Sunday.
that Today’s incidents are an effort to spoil the festive mood of Pakistani nation post-cricket victory and upcoming Eid,
By SALMAN MASOODJUNE 23, 2017
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan on Friday suffered its deadliest day in weeks of
violence as terrorist bombings killed at least 53 people and wounded over 200.
The first attack took place in Quetta, the provincial capital of southwestern Baluchistan Province, when
a suicide bomber detonated his explosives after his vehicle was stopped at a security checkpoint.
The explosion took place near the office of the provincial police chief, but officials said it was not clear if he was the target of the bombing.
The second explosion, heard miles away, came just minutes after people
and rescue workers had rushed to evacuate the dead and wounded in the relatively smaller first blast.