Six army personnel and seven civilians die in suicide attack, police say
- A dead body being taken away from the blast site
At least 13 people were killed and 18 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack near a Pakistani military base in Rawalpindi on Monday morning.
The powerful blast tore through the RA Bazar area close to the Pakistan military’s General Headquarters around 7:45am, local media Dawn reported.
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the blast.
This was the second Taliban strike in the area within a week, accompanied by threats of continuing their vendetta against security forces of Pakistan.
Six army men and seven civilian died in Monday’s blast, Harron Joya, a senior police official said. “It was a suicide attack.”
“The attack took place when children were going to school. Our initial assessment is that the bomber was possibly on a bicycle and then approached on foot.”
On Sunday, Taliban bombed a convoy of the security forces, killing 20 people and injuring 30 others near Razmak gate in the Cantt area, in what was one of the biggest attacks in recent times.
Source: Dhaka Tribune
