Suicide bomber attacks volleyball game in Pakistan
source: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSGE5BU0CQ20100101
-
-
- TravG73
- added this
A suicide bomber attacked a site where a volleyball game was being played in northwest Pakistan on Friday and casualties were feared, a police official said.
"It was a suicide attack. The bomber was on foot and he blew himself up during the game," Habibullah Khan, a police official, told Reuters by telephone. The blast took place in the town of Lakki Marwat, near Taliban strongholds.
The attack came on a day of protests against militant violence in Pakistan, a U.S. ally.
Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi nearly shut down on Friday as religious and political leaders called for a strike to denounce bloodshed after a suicide bomber killed 43 people at a religious procession this week.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for Monday's attack on a huge crowd of Shi'ite Muslims and threatened more bloodshed.
The prospect of increased violence comes at a trying time for President Asif Ali Zardari, who faces political heat because corruption charges against some of his aides may be revived.
The pro-American leader has vowed to defeat the Taliban and al Qaeda but they remain defiant, killing hundreds of people in bombings since October despite facing major government offensives.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSGE5BU0CQ20100101
"It was a suicide attack. The bomber was on foot and he blew himself up during the game," Habibullah Khan, a police official, told Reuters by telephone. The blast took place in the town of Lakki Marwat, near Taliban strongholds.
The attack came on a day of protests against militant violence in Pakistan, a U.S. ally.
Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi nearly shut down on Friday as religious and political leaders called for a strike to denounce bloodshed after a suicide bomber killed 43 people at a religious procession this week.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for Monday's attack on a huge crowd of Shi'ite Muslims and threatened more bloodshed.
The prospect of increased violence comes at a trying time for President Asif Ali Zardari, who faces political heat because corruption charges against some of his aides may be revived.
The pro-American leader has vowed to defeat the Taliban and al Qaeda but they remain defiant, killing hundreds of people in bombings since October despite facing major government offensives.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSGE5BU0CQ20100101
-
- groups:
- Community
-
- tags:
- Pakistan, Suicide Bombing
