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Suicide truck bomb razes Pakistan police station | |
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Four people have been killed and 22 others wounded in a suicide lorry bomb attack on a police station in Peshawar, in north-west Pakistan. | |
The force of the blast flattened the building, police said. Emergency workers were searching for bodies and survivors in the rubble. | The force of the blast flattened the building, police said. Emergency workers were searching for bodies and survivors in the rubble. |
The building was close to Pakistani army facilities and the US consulate. | The building was close to Pakistani army facilities and the US consulate. |
Pakistani Taliban said they carried out the attack, the fourth since Osama Bin Laden was killed on 2 May. | Pakistani Taliban said they carried out the attack, the fourth since Osama Bin Laden was killed on 2 May. |
The deadliest attack was a twin suicide bombing which killed more than 80 people, most of them paramilitary recruits, in the north-west two weeks ago. | The deadliest attack was a twin suicide bombing which killed more than 80 people, most of them paramilitary recruits, in the north-west two weeks ago. |
Last week, the Pakistani Taliban bombed a US consulate convoy in Peshawar, killing one Pakistani passer-by and wounding 10 others. | Last week, the Pakistani Taliban bombed a US consulate convoy in Peshawar, killing one Pakistani passer-by and wounding 10 others. |
'Huge blast' | 'Huge blast' |
Police said the target of the latest attack was the building that housed the police's criminal investigation department. | Police said the target of the latest attack was the building that housed the police's criminal investigation department. |
"It was a huge blast which completely destroyed the three-storey building," AFP news agency quoted Liaqat Ali Khan, chief of police in Peshawar, as saying. | "It was a huge blast which completely destroyed the three-storey building," AFP news agency quoted Liaqat Ali Khan, chief of police in Peshawar, as saying. |
Police say rescuers are trying to pull out the remaining two or three people thought to be trapped under the rubble. | |
The building is in Peshawar's cantonment area close to the US consulate. Security is usually tight there. | The building is in Peshawar's cantonment area close to the US consulate. Security is usually tight there. |
Constable Farid Khan told AFP he had been saying his morning prayers inside the police station when the explosion happened. | |
"The roof of the building collapsed," he said. | |
Constable Khan's shoulder fractured leaving him immobile until his colleagues took him to hospital. | |
A spokesman for Pakistan's Taliban said the attacks would continue until the US drone strikes and Pakistani military operations were stopped in the tribal regions bordering Afghanistan. | A spokesman for Pakistan's Taliban said the attacks would continue until the US drone strikes and Pakistani military operations were stopped in the tribal regions bordering Afghanistan. |
"We will further step up these attacks to avenge Osama Bin Laden's martyrdom," AFP quoted Ehsanullah Ehsan as saying. | "We will further step up these attacks to avenge Osama Bin Laden's martyrdom," AFP quoted Ehsanullah Ehsan as saying. |