Pakistan: Pindi Explosions
By Animesh Roul
Two bomb blasts occurred in Rawalpindi on September 04 Morning, killed nearly 20 people and as many injured, mostly government employees working in defense departments. The first explosion hit a white-line bus in Qasim Bazzar area. The second blast (planted on a motorbike) occurred in the city's R.A. Bazaar. No outfit claimed responsibility so far. Outfits like Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (Most likely behind today's twin blasts), Jaish-e-Muhammed and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi have been active in Pindi to carry out attacks on the government (Military) installations and judicial hubs. Pakistan’s most lethal religious extremist outfit TNSM has reportedly unleashed couple of suicide bombers, personally trained by TNSM head Maulana Faqir Muhammad in July this year to attack properties and lives of military officials in Rawalpindi. Early that month President Pervez Musharraf himself escaped an assassination attempt here.
Pindi is a garrison city which housed Army Headquarters, has been on the radar of religious extremists, Pro-Taliban and al-Qaeda elements since long. This place is considered as actual power center for Musharraf’s military regime.
Mangled Vehicles
Source: Reuters
Source: AP
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