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Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), Quetta, Pakistan: Two people
were killed and 15 others, including women and children were
injured in a bomb blast at the Quetta Airport Road.
In a statement issued soon after the blast, the Shia Ulema
Council said that the main target was renowned Shia scholar
Allama Najfi who remained unhurt.
Official sources said unidentified men had planted an explosive
device in a rickshaw, which was parked on the main intersection
of the Airport Road. Two people including the rickshaw driver
and a passenger died on the spot and 15 others, including three
women and seven children who were on their way to a wedding in a
passenger van were injured.
Police officer Mohammad Riaz said that it was possible that the
passenger in the rickshaw, who died in the blast, was carrying
the bomb, which exploded prematurely.
The bodies
of the two men who were killed in the blast, as well as the
injured were taken to government Sandman Hospital Quetta.
Hospital sources said that three of the injured children were in
a critical condition. Police and Frontier Corps rushed to the
site soon after the incident and cordoned off the area.
Source:
http://www.abna.ir
Date: 2010/05/27
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