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| Blasts rock Pakistan university | Blasts rock Pakistan university |
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| Two explosions have hit a university campus in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, police say. | Two explosions have hit a university campus in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, police say. |
| The blasts are said to have happened at the Islamic International University, in the east of the city. | The blasts are said to have happened at the Islamic International University, in the east of the city. |
| Initial reports suggest there have been a number of casualties, but details are sketchy. | Initial reports suggest there have been a number of casualties, but details are sketchy. |
| It comes as the Pakistani army continues its offensive against Taliban and al-Qaeda militants in the country's north-west. | It comes as the Pakistani army continues its offensive against Taliban and al-Qaeda militants in the country's north-west. |
| "It was a bomb blast. It was inside the Islamic university building," police official Mohammad Afzal told AFP news agency. "There was another one a few minutes later." | |
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