No biggie, I’m sure they were all enemies of Islam and probably deserved it…</sarc>
Many of those killed were lining up outside a bank when a bomber on a motorbike blew himself up (Aamir Qureshi/AFP)
At least 34 people were killed and many others injured in a suicide bomb attack on a busy commercial area close to the Pakistani army’s headquarters in Rawalpindi today. It was the second attack in the high security zone within a month.
The bomber on a motorbike blew himself up outside a crowded bank, a few hundred meters away from the scene of last month’s attack.
Government employees lined up outside the National Bank branch to collect their salary were among the victims. Several offices, a part of a nearby hotel and a number of vehicles were destroyed.
Zahid Dar was driving through the main Mall Road. “There was huge blast and I was thrown off my motorbike,“ he said.“The street was strewn with dead bodies and broken glasses. Many of the dead were in the army uniform.”
Doctors at a district hospital said that the death toll could rise as many of the injured were in a critical state. Some of the bodies could not be identified. At least five women were among the victims.
On a more serious note, it’s clear the Taliban have become more emboldened than ever in Pakistan. The attacks are coming almost daily now and they’re not slowing down. I wonder if having a weak, appeasement-happy American president has anything to do with it.
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