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At least 20 people have been killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi. At least 20 people have been killed in a suspected suicide bombing 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. The blast struck a busy area where security is controlled by the military, not far from army headquarters.
More than 100 people were killed after a huge car bomb ripped through a busy market in Peshawar last week. Last week, more than 100 people were killed after a huge car bomb ripped through a busy market in Peshawar.
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. Similar attacks have killed about 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. Our building shook as if in an earthquake and body parts were thrown into our office Raja Sher AliWitness class="" href="/2/hi/south_asia/8305778.stm">Bold tactics stun Pakistan
It took place in the car park of the four-star Shalimar hotel in a busy area of the city, Rawalpindi police chief Aslam Tareen told the BBC.
The car park is next to an office complex and a bank, outside of which customers had been queuing.
"We were sitting on the second floor of our office. It was a huge blast," Raja Sher Ali, a marketing manager in a local company, told AFP news agency.
"Our building shook as if in an earthquake and when we came out there was smoke everywhere and body parts were thrown into our office," she said.
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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. Another witness, Zahid Dara, told Dunya TV: "There were many people lying on the ground with bleeding wounds, and a motorcycle was on fire with one man under it."
Another eyewitness, Zahid Dara, said the explosion was huge. The blast struck not far from Pakistan's army headquarters, where militants carried out a nearly 24-hour deadly siege last month.
"I was nearby and rushed toward the parking area," Mr Dara told Dunya television. Monday's attack 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.
"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.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. It said his Tehrik-e-Taliban 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."These people are definitely killers of humanity and deserve exemplary punishment," read the advertisement.
"Help the government of Pakistan so that these people meet their nemesis."
Since launching its South Waziristan offensive on 17 October, the military has captured Kotkai, the birthplace of the Hakimullah Mehsud.
On Sunday the army said it was on the outskirts of Sararogha and Makeen, also strongholds of the Pakistani Taliban leader.
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 officesMILITANT 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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