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| Deadly blast hits Pakistan city | Deadly blast hits Pakistan city |
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| At least 20 people have been killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi. | |
| Police told the BBC a bomber blew himself up in the car park of a hotel. More than 40 people were injured, including women and children. | Police told the BBC a bomber blew himself up in the car park of a hotel. More than 40 people were injured, including women and children. |
| The blast struck a busy area near the army headquarters where security is controlled by the military. | |
| More than 100 people were killed after a huge car bomb ripped through a busy market in Peshawar last week. | More than 100 people were killed after a huge car bomb ripped through a busy market in Peshawar last week. |
| Similar attacks have killed nearly 300 people in recent weeks, since the army launched an operation against Taliban militants in South Waziristan in mid-October. | |
| Local TV footage showed ambulances and rescue workers at the scene of Monday's blast. | Local TV footage showed ambulances and rescue workers at the scene of Monday's blast. |
| It took place in the car park of the Shalimar hotel in a busy area of the city, Rawalpindi police chief Aslam Tareen told the BBC. | It took place in the car park of the Shalimar hotel in a busy area of the city, Rawalpindi police chief Aslam Tareen told the BBC. |
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| "It was a huge blast. I saw smoke rising from one of the buildings. I sped up to escape," witness Sajid Khan told a Pakistani television station. | "It was a huge blast. I saw smoke rising from one of the buildings. I sped up to escape," witness Sajid Khan told a Pakistani television station. |
| Another eyewitness, Zahid Dara, said the explosion was huge. | |
| "I was nearby and rushed toward the parking area," Mr Dara told Dunya television. | |
| "There were many people lying on the ground with bleeding wounds, and a motorcycle was on fire with one man under it." | |
| The blast came as the Pakistani government offered rewards totalling $5m (£3m) for information leading to the capture of three Taliban leaders and 15 of their commanders. | |
| In a front-page advertisement on Pakistan's daily, The News, the largest sum of $600,000 was promised for the capture - dead or alive - of the group's leader Hakimullah Mehsud. | |
| It said his group was involved in acts of terrorism that were causing the death of innocent Muslims on a daily basis. | |
| "These people are definitely killers of humanity and deserve exemplary punishment," read the advertisement. | |
| MILITANT ATTACKS IN OCTOBER 28 Oct - At least 118 killed by a car bomb in a market in Peshawar 23 Oct - At least 22 killed in three attacks in northern Pakistan 20 Oct - Eight die in the twin blasts at a university in Islamabad 16 Oct - Twelve die in a bombing in Peshawar 15 Oct - About 40 die in a series of gun and bomb attacks 12 Oct - Security convoy attacked in Swat valley, 41 die 10 Oct - Militants attack Rawalpindi army HQ - 20 killed 9 Oct - At least 50 die in Peshawar suicide blast 5 Oct - Five killed in suicide bomb at UN Islamabad offices | MILITANT ATTACKS IN OCTOBER 28 Oct - At least 118 killed by a car bomb in a market in Peshawar 23 Oct - At least 22 killed in three attacks in northern Pakistan 20 Oct - Eight die in the twin blasts at a university in Islamabad 16 Oct - Twelve die in a bombing in Peshawar 15 Oct - About 40 die in a series of gun and bomb attacks 12 Oct - Security convoy attacked in Swat valley, 41 die 10 Oct - Militants attack Rawalpindi army HQ - 20 killed 9 Oct - At least 50 die in Peshawar suicide blast 5 Oct - Five killed in suicide bomb at UN Islamabad offices |
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