Monday, March 23, 2009

Blast rattles Islamabad police station

Islamabad: One person was killed and several others were injured in an explosion at a police station here Monday.
The explosion occurred at a police station in sector G-7 near Sitara Market. Initial investigation showed that it was a suicide attack, the police said.
Eyewitnesses said smoke was coming out of the police station, located in the capital's Sitara Market, after the blast, which was so loud that it shattered windowpanes of the surrounding buildings.
The injured were being shifted to nearby hospitals and the police have cordoned off the area.

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