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Blasts rock Pakistan university | Blasts rock Pakistan university |
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At least four people have been killed and 18 wounded in bomb explosions at a university in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, officials say. | |
Police say the blasts at the International Islamic University were caused by suicide bombers. | 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. | 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. |
Security has been stepped up in recent days, and many schools in Islamabad and other big cities were told to close for the week. | |
Police superintendent Abdul Ghafar Quaiserani said two suicide bombers struck at the International Islamic University at about the same time. | |
The blasts hit the women's cafeteria and the Islamic law department. | 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. Other reports speak of injured students being rushed to hospital from rubble and glass-strewn buildings. | |
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani have condemned the blasts. | |
No group has as yet claimed responsibility. | No group has as yet claimed responsibility. |
The Associated Press says the International Islamic University was established on the outskirts of the city in the 1980s and has more than 12,000 students - nearly half of them women, many from abroad. | |
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