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| Friday, 26 December 2003 |
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Pakistan president escapes bomb blasts, 7 dead RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Thursday (Reuters) At least seven people were killed and 16 wounded in a bomb attack in Pakistan on Thursday that appeared to be the second attempt to kill President Pervez Musharraf this month. Musharraf was not wounded by the two powerful blasts in Rawalpindi city that went off on a road just after his convoy passed, officials said. "At least seven dead bodies have been brought into hospital along with 16 wounded," said an official of the Edhi Welfare Foundation, a private emergency service. "More are on the way." Musharraf narrowly escaped an attack on the same road on December 14 when a series of explosions ripped apart a bridge just after his motorcade passed over it. Authorities suspect Islamic militants, who Musharraf has targeted as part of his contribution to the U.S.-led war on terror, were behind the December 14 attack. The Thursday blasts were thought to have been caused by a suicide bomber who had been travelling in a small vehicle, a senior police officer said. |
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