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Powerful blast strikes Pakistan market Pakistan market bomb 'kills at least 18' in Islamabad
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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. A deadly bomb blast has struck a market on the outskirts of Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, killing at least 18 people, police and medics say.
The high intensity blast took place near a busy fruit and vegetable market in the early hours on Wednesday morning, they add. The high intensity blast took place at a busy fruit and vegetable market early on Wednesday morning.
Dozens of people have been injured in the explosion, initial reports say. Dozens of people have been injured in the attack.
It comes a day after 13 people were killed in a bomb attack by separatists in Baluchistan province. No group has yet said it carried out the attack. It comes a day after 13 people were killed in a bomb attack by separatists in Balochistan 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. Crater
A hospital official, quoted by AFP news agency, said the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences had received 15 bodies and 35 injured people. A hospital spokeswoman, addressing reporters at the scene, said 50 people were wounded in the market attack.
An AFP reporter at the scene said the blast caused a 1.5-metre crater in the ground, which was littered with body parts. She said the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences had received 18 bodies, according to the Associated Press.
The large market would have been busy during the morning at the time of the attack, the BBC's Wietske Burema, in Pakistan, says. An AFP reporter at the scene said the blast caused a 1.5m-wide (5ft) crater in the ground, which was littered with body parts.
The blast reportedly happened in the Sabzi Mandi area of Islamabad at about 08:00 local time (03:00 GMT), one of the busiest times of day for the wholesale fruit and vegetable market.
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. Except for an attack on a courthouse last month, the Pakistani capital has been relatively peaceful in recent times, says the BBC's Mike Wooldridge.
Eleven people were killed in the assault on the judicial complex, for which a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban admitted responsibility.
The casualty toll in the latest attack makes it the deadliest in the capital since the bombing of the Marriott Hotel in 2008, our correspondent adds.
There is currently a ceasefire between the Pakistani Taliban and the government as efforts are under way to find a peace deal.There is currently a ceasefire between the Pakistani Taliban and the government as efforts are under way to find a peace deal.