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Pakistan blast leaves nine dead Fifteen killed in Pakistan blasts
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A bomb blast in the Pakistan city of Rawalpindi has killed at least nine people, and injured several more. At least 15 people have been killed in the Pakistan city of Rawalpindi in two bomb blasts, police and military say.
Police said that the explosion went off on a bus carrying "defence employees" in the garrison town near Islamabad, destroying the vehicle completely. The first explosion went off on a bus carrying "defence employees" in the town near Islamabad, killing 10 people and destroying the vehicle completely.
Shortly afterwards there was a second explosion in a market, but there are no casualty figures so far. Shortly afterwards a motorcycle exploded in a market, killing at least five people.
Attacks by militants have increased since the army stormed the Red Mosque in Islamabad in July.Attacks by militants have increased since the army stormed the Red Mosque in Islamabad in July.
The first explosion occurred at 0720 (0220 GMT), officials said.
"Ten defence employees were killed when a bomb tore through their bus near Qasim market in Rawalpindi," police officer Mohammad Hamid was quoted by news agency AFP as saying.
The second blast happened about three kms (two miles) away when a suspected motorcycle bomb exploded in the city's RA Bazaar, the agency reported.