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ISLAMABAD:Pakistani rescue workers carry an injured person to an ambulance at the site of an explosion near the stage for the speech of Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry at District Courts. More than 15 people have died in the explosion. |
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ISLAMABAD: At least thirteen person were killed and fifty others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up as hundreds of supporter of Chief Justice gathered for a rally in the premises of Islamabad court on Tuesday night.
According to details, a motorcyclist entered the premises of the Islamabad Court and blew himself up with big bang when he reached near reception of PPP pavilion.
The court was rocked following the suicide attack. Fragments of doors and windows of the courtroom were found from the site. The windowpanes of other courtrooms and district courts buildings in the vicinity were also smashed, while limbs and body parts lay scattered around
The party workers were chanting slogans in favor of chief justice, Benazir Bhutto and anti government enthusiastically.
Despite hue and cry after the attack, relief teams reached the spot after fifteen minutes, while Police cordoned off the area and had taken the dead bodies to hospitals.
A motorcycle no RLT-3891 with heavy explosive was used for the attack and security personnel have recovered the head of suicide attacker from nearby bushes.
According to Interior Ministry, at least 13 people were killed and more than 50 injured. Three of them are reported to be in critical situation but it is premature to speculate about the incident.
Luckily the CJ was kilometers away, near Balochistan House at the time of attack.
He was requested to postpone his event, to which he consented, but nevertheless he still arrived at the spot of the grisly incident to review the carnage, whence he agreed to postpone the speech, due to sad event.
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