Twin blasts kill five, injure 100 in Peshawar
12:18, 29 May 2009
ISLAMABAD. May 29. KAZINFORM At least five persons were killed and around 100 injured when two simultaneous blasts ripped through a busy bazaar in the Pakistani northwestern city of Peshawar on Thursday, police said, Kazinform refers to IRNA.
An official of district police said that the blasts occurred in the congested Qissa Khwani bazar where large numbers of people were busy shopping.
The blats followed by snipers? firing and police said they killed two alleged terrorists.
The police believed to have arrested two terrorists.
The condition of five injured was stated to be critical as 100 were rushed to the Lady Reading Hospital, a doctor at the hospital said.
Emergency was declared in hospitals and the people were asked to donate blood.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack. But such attacks are blamed on militants, Kazinform cites IRNA.
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