SIXTEEN people including women and children were killed and more than 50 wounded in a car bomb attack targeting a police headquarters in Pakistan's northwestern city of Kohat yesterday.
Militants have launched a series of attacks in the past week as Muslims mark the final days of the holy fasting month of Ramadhan.
Six policemen were among the dead in the latest attack and police said the other victims were women and children who were breaking their fast in the garrison city, close to the lawless tribal areas of Khyber and Orakzai.
"It was a car bomb blast, we are investigating whether the car was parked or was exploded by a suicide bomber," Khalid Khan, a top administrative official in Kohat, told AFP. "Six children, four women and six policemen died."
The toll was confirmed by a senior police official in Kohat, Dilawar Bangash, who said that 54 people were wounded.AFP
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
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