3 killed in Peshawar Press Club Attack
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 12:44 pm
PESHAWAR, Pakistan News:Three person including a constable were killed while several people including the Chief Accountant of the Club injured when a suicide bomber struck outside Peshawar Club.
The suicide bomber tried to enter the Press Club, however, the constable stopped him outside the building where the suicide bomber detonated his explosives.
Police and security enforcement agencies threw cordon around the area immediately after the blast , while the rescue activities are underway.
Both legs of the suicide bomber were found.
The injured are being shifted to Lady Reading hospital, out of whom many are stated to be in a critical condition. A large number of journalists were present in the Press Club on the time of blast.
Meanwhile, the NWFP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain condemned the tragic incident, saying that the attack on the journalist is equal to attack on the nation.
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