Suicide bombers kill 20 in Quetta

07.09.2011 [14:19]
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Baku, September 7 (AZERTAC). Two suicide bombers targeting a senior security official struck near government offices in Quetta on Wednesday, killing 20 people, a police official said.

The first blast occurred near commissioner’s office in the Civil Lines area. The second explosion was heard five minutes later from the same location, however the intensity of the second blast was less.

One of the suicide bombers blew himself up in a vehicle packed with explosives near the car of the deputy head of the paramilitary Frontier Corps in Balochistan, Farrukh Shehzad.

Shehzad was wounded and his wife was killed, police said.

The other suicide bomber entered his house and blew himself up. The dead included his guards. The explosions brought down the walls of his house and nearby offices.

Unofficial sources said 15 people were killed and 40 are critically injured. Two Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel and two children are also among the dead.

Suicide bombers kill 20 in Quetta

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