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Powerful blast strikes Pakistan market | Powerful blast strikes Pakistan market |
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A deadly blast has struck a market on the outskirts of Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, killing at least 18 people, police say. | |
The high intensity blast took place near a busy fruit and vegetable market in the early hours on Wednesday morning, they add. | |
Dozens of people have been injured in the explosion, initial reports say. | Dozens of people have been injured in the explosion, initial reports say. |
It comes a day after 13 people were killed in a bomb attack by separatists in Baluchistan province. | It comes a day after 13 people were killed in a bomb attack by separatists in Baluchistan province. |
Islamabad police chief Sultan Azam Taomori, addressing reporters at the scene, said 37 people were wounded in the attack, the Associated Press news agency reports. | Islamabad police chief Sultan Azam Taomori, addressing reporters at the scene, said 37 people were wounded in the attack, the Associated Press news agency reports. |
A hospital official, quoted by AFP news agency, said the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences had received 15 bodies and 35 injured people. | |
An AFP reporter at the scene said the blast caused a 1.5-metre crater in the ground, which was littered with body parts. | |
The large market would have been busy during the morning at the time of the attack, the BBC's Wietske Burema, in Pakistan, says. | |
Local reporters say the explosives were hidden in boxes of fruit, although this has not yet been confirmed. | Local reporters say the explosives were hidden in boxes of fruit, although this has not yet been confirmed. |
Except for an attack on a court house last month, the Pakistani capital has been relatively peaceful in recent times, says the BBC's Mike Wooldridge. | |
There is currently a ceasefire between the Pakistani Taliban and the government as efforts are under way to find a peace deal. |