At least eighty people were killed and over 100 hurt on Friday when suicide bombs ripped through a group of paramilitary police as they were about to be bussed home on leave from a training centre.
The explosions detonated as newly trained cadets were getting into buses and coaches for a 10-day leave after their course, and they were wearing civilian clothes, police said. The attacks took place in the Shabqadar area, about 30 kilometres (19 miles) north of Peshawar.
"Sixty-eight people have been killed," the police chief of the northwestern Charsadda district, Nisar Khan Marwat, told media as initial report. "Sixty-five of them are from the paramilitary police. Three dead bodies of civilians were taken to Shabqadar hosiptal," he added.
Twelve vehicles were destroyed in the blasts, Marwat said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the Taliban last week threatened to attack security forces to avenge bin Laden's killing in a US helicopter raid north of the capital Islamabad on May 2.
A foreign news agency report says that Pakistani Taliban on Friday claimed deadly bombings that killed above 70 people, calling it the first revenge for the death of Osama bin Laden and threatened bigger attacks to come.
"This was the first revenge for Osama's martyrdom. Wait for bigger attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan," Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said by telephone from an undisclosed location, a private television news channel quoted the foreign news agency as reporting.
Another report says; Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Friday claimed their first major attack to avenge Osama bin Laden's death as 80 people were killed in a double suicide bombing on a paramilitary police training centre. Around 140 people were wounded, 40 of them fighting for their lives, in the deadliest attack this year.
Friday's explosions detonated in Shabqadar as newly trained paramilitary cadets, dressed in civilian clothes, were getting into buses for a 10-day leave, police said. "This was the first revenge for Osama's martyrdom. Wait for bigger attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan," Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said by telephone from an undisclosed location, said a foreign news agency.
The bombers blew themselves up in Shabqadar town outside the biggest Frontier Constabulary training centre in the northwest. The town is close to Mohmand. Ahmad Ali, wounded paramilitary policeman, recalled the horror when explosions turned a festive Friday morning into bloodbath.
"I was sitting in a van waiting for my colleagues. We were in plain clothes and we were happy we were going to see our families," he said in Shabqadar hospital. "I heard someone shouting 'Allah Akbar' [God is Great] and then I heard a huge blast. I was hit by something in my back shoulder. In the meantime I heard another blast and I jumped out of the van. I felt that I was injured and bleeding."
Bashir Ahmed Bilour, senior minister for Khyber Paktunkhwa province, said 80 people had been killed, including 69 FC men and 11 civilians, making it the deadliest attack in Pakistan since July 9, 2010 when bombers killed 105 people in Mohmand. Doctors in Peshawar's main Lady Reading hospital said they were struggling to save the lives of more than 40 critically wounded paramilitary policemen and had declared a state of emergency to cope with the scale of the casualties.
"Both attacks were suicide attacks. The first suicide bomber came on a motorcycle and detonated his vest among the Frontier Constabulary men," said the police chief of the Charsadda district, Nisar Khan Marwat. "When other FC people came to the rescue to help their colleagues, second bomber came on another motorcycle and blew himself up." Taliban last week threatened to attack security forces to avenge bin Laden's killing in a US helicopter raid, north of the capital Islamabad.
An earlier report had said; at least 68 people including 65 personnel of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) were killed and over 70 injured in twin blasts in front of Shabqadar Fort on Friday. District Police Officer (DPO), Charsadda, Nisar Marwat while talking to media has confirmed the death toll with majority of the casualties and injured of the personnel of the para-military force.
“The first explosion occurred in a donkey-cart and when the rescue workers gathered there for relief work a suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into the vehicles parked near the training centre,” the DPO revealed. He said that 8 to 10 kilogram explosive was used in both explosions.The recruits had recently completed their 8-month training and were going on leave to their home towns.
The bodies and injured were rushed to tehsil headquarters hospital Shabqadar and Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) Peshawar. 45 injured were reportedly shifted to THQ, Shabqadar and about 70 injured and 16 bodies were shifted to LRH.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Jehanzeb Khan said that after the first blast, the personnel of the FC rushed to spot to shift the injured, when suddenly another suicide blast was occurred when a motorcyclist rammed his two wheeler into the vehicles parked near the entry gate of the fort. After the incident security forces cordoned off entire area and launched a search operation.
They were the deadliest attacks in Pakistan since November 5 when a suicide bomber killed 68 people at a mosque in the northwest area of Darra Adam Khel. More than 4,300 people have been killed in suicide and bomb attacks across Pakistan in the past four years since 2007.
President, PM strongly condemn
A report from Islamabad says that President Asif Ali Zardari Friday strongly condemned the bomb blasts in Shabqadar, Charsadda that killed several personnel of Frontier Corps.
The President expressed his condolences with the families of those who lost their lives in the dastardly terrorist act.He said the government and people are determined to defeat terrorism and such gruesome acts cannot deter the resolve of the nation which remains united to defeat terrorists.
President Zardari asked the law enforcement agencies to take more measures to protect people from incidents of terrorism.
And, Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Friday also strongly condemned the blasts in Shabqadar, Charsadda Friday morning resulting in the death of more than 60 personnel of Frontier Corps.The Prime Minister expressed deep sorrow and grief over the loss of precious lives.
He said the militants have no regard for human life or religion and they are pursuing their own nefarious agenda.Prime Minister Gilani reiterating the government’s resolve to fight against militancy said such cowardly acts could not undermine the war against these elements.
He said morale of the masses was high which was providing impetus to the government’s efforts to eliminate militancy and extremism from the country.He condoled with the families of deceased and ordered the concerned authorities to look into the matter and furnish report at the earliest. He also ordered to provide best medical facilities to the injured.
The explosions detonated as newly trained cadets were getting into buses and coaches for a 10-day leave after their course, and they were wearing civilian clothes, police said. The attacks took place in the Shabqadar area, about 30 kilometres (19 miles) north of Peshawar.
"Sixty-eight people have been killed," the police chief of the northwestern Charsadda district, Nisar Khan Marwat, told media as initial report. "Sixty-five of them are from the paramilitary police. Three dead bodies of civilians were taken to Shabqadar hosiptal," he added.
Twelve vehicles were destroyed in the blasts, Marwat said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the Taliban last week threatened to attack security forces to avenge bin Laden's killing in a US helicopter raid north of the capital Islamabad on May 2.
A foreign news agency report says that Pakistani Taliban on Friday claimed deadly bombings that killed above 70 people, calling it the first revenge for the death of Osama bin Laden and threatened bigger attacks to come.
"This was the first revenge for Osama's martyrdom. Wait for bigger attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan," Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said by telephone from an undisclosed location, a private television news channel quoted the foreign news agency as reporting.
Another report says; Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Friday claimed their first major attack to avenge Osama bin Laden's death as 80 people were killed in a double suicide bombing on a paramilitary police training centre. Around 140 people were wounded, 40 of them fighting for their lives, in the deadliest attack this year.
Friday's explosions detonated in Shabqadar as newly trained paramilitary cadets, dressed in civilian clothes, were getting into buses for a 10-day leave, police said. "This was the first revenge for Osama's martyrdom. Wait for bigger attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan," Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said by telephone from an undisclosed location, said a foreign news agency.
The bombers blew themselves up in Shabqadar town outside the biggest Frontier Constabulary training centre in the northwest. The town is close to Mohmand. Ahmad Ali, wounded paramilitary policeman, recalled the horror when explosions turned a festive Friday morning into bloodbath.
"I was sitting in a van waiting for my colleagues. We were in plain clothes and we were happy we were going to see our families," he said in Shabqadar hospital. "I heard someone shouting 'Allah Akbar' [God is Great] and then I heard a huge blast. I was hit by something in my back shoulder. In the meantime I heard another blast and I jumped out of the van. I felt that I was injured and bleeding."
Bashir Ahmed Bilour, senior minister for Khyber Paktunkhwa province, said 80 people had been killed, including 69 FC men and 11 civilians, making it the deadliest attack in Pakistan since July 9, 2010 when bombers killed 105 people in Mohmand. Doctors in Peshawar's main Lady Reading hospital said they were struggling to save the lives of more than 40 critically wounded paramilitary policemen and had declared a state of emergency to cope with the scale of the casualties.
"Both attacks were suicide attacks. The first suicide bomber came on a motorcycle and detonated his vest among the Frontier Constabulary men," said the police chief of the Charsadda district, Nisar Khan Marwat. "When other FC people came to the rescue to help their colleagues, second bomber came on another motorcycle and blew himself up." Taliban last week threatened to attack security forces to avenge bin Laden's killing in a US helicopter raid, north of the capital Islamabad.
An earlier report had said; at least 68 people including 65 personnel of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) were killed and over 70 injured in twin blasts in front of Shabqadar Fort on Friday. District Police Officer (DPO), Charsadda, Nisar Marwat while talking to media has confirmed the death toll with majority of the casualties and injured of the personnel of the para-military force.
“The first explosion occurred in a donkey-cart and when the rescue workers gathered there for relief work a suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into the vehicles parked near the training centre,” the DPO revealed. He said that 8 to 10 kilogram explosive was used in both explosions.The recruits had recently completed their 8-month training and were going on leave to their home towns.
The bodies and injured were rushed to tehsil headquarters hospital Shabqadar and Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) Peshawar. 45 injured were reportedly shifted to THQ, Shabqadar and about 70 injured and 16 bodies were shifted to LRH.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Jehanzeb Khan said that after the first blast, the personnel of the FC rushed to spot to shift the injured, when suddenly another suicide blast was occurred when a motorcyclist rammed his two wheeler into the vehicles parked near the entry gate of the fort. After the incident security forces cordoned off entire area and launched a search operation.
President, PM strongly condemn
A report from Islamabad says that President Asif Ali Zardari Friday strongly condemned the bomb blasts in Shabqadar, Charsadda that killed several personnel of Frontier Corps.
The President expressed his condolences with the families of those who lost their lives in the dastardly terrorist act.He said the government and people are determined to defeat terrorism and such gruesome acts cannot deter the resolve of the nation which remains united to defeat terrorists.
President Zardari asked the law enforcement agencies to take more measures to protect people from incidents of terrorism.
And, Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Friday also strongly condemned the blasts in Shabqadar, Charsadda Friday morning resulting in the death of more than 60 personnel of Frontier Corps.The Prime Minister expressed deep sorrow and grief over the loss of precious lives.
He said the militants have no regard for human life or religion and they are pursuing their own nefarious agenda.Prime Minister Gilani reiterating the government’s resolve to fight against militancy said such cowardly acts could not undermine the war against these elements.
He said morale of the masses was high which was providing impetus to the government’s efforts to eliminate militancy and extremism from the country.He condoled with the families of deceased and ordered the concerned authorities to look into the matter and furnish report at the earliest. He also ordered to provide best medical facilities to the injured.
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