RAWALPINDI: At least six people were killed and 25 were injured in a suicide blast that ripped through a congested junction in Pakistan's Rawalpindi city on Thursday, DawnNews quoted police and rescue officials as saying.
A suspected suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up next to a bus in Rawalpindi’s Choor Chowk on Thursday killing up to six people, police said.
‘About 25 people were on board and as the bus reached a square, a motorcyclist hit its fuel tank,’ city police chief Nasir Durrani told reporters.
‘According to our reports, five to six people were martyred and 16 wounded,’ he said.
‘The blast has ripped apart many vehicles. It went with a bang,’ said local police officer Mohammad Imran.
Earlier, DawnNews quoted police sources as saying the explosion occurred near a KRL bus in Choor Chowk. — DawnNews/Agencies
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