| Tuesday, September 07, 2010 KOHAT: Eighteen people were killed and 50 wounded in a bomb attack targeting police residential quarters in Kohat on Tuesday, Geo News reported Tuesday. "twenty two people have been killed and more than 50 wounded, and there were women and children among the injured," senior police official said. "It was a big explosion. I am on site and can see the smoke. Several people have been wounded," he said. The law enforcement personnel have cordoned off entire area. Rescue teams and ambulances have reached the spot. Emergency has been declared in all the hospitals. Police said a nearby police residential complex had also been severely damaged and houses had collapsed, trapping several people in the rubble. Police said it was a bomb blast but they were investigating whether a suicide bomber had targeted the area or someone had planted a bomb. "It was a bomb blast but I can't say (more) about the nature of the bomb, as our focus is to rescue people," Khalid Khan Commissioner Kohat told Geo News. |
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