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At least four people have been killed and 18 wounded in bomb explosions at a university campus in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, officials say. | |
Police say the blasts at the International Islamic University were caused by suicide bombers. | |
The attack is the first since the Pakistani army began its offensive against militants in South Waziristan, in the country's north-west. | |
Pakistan was hit by a wave of bombings in the days before the assault began. | Pakistan was hit by a wave of bombings in the days before the assault began. |
Police superintendent Abdul Ghafar Quaiserani said two suicide bombers struck around the same time. | |
The blasts hit the women's cafeteria and the Islamic law department. | |
The BBC's Orla Guerin, in Islamabad, says a massive hole was blown in a main wall of the Sharia law building. | |
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gillani have condemned the blasts. | |
No group has as yet claimed responsibility. | |
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