Twin bomb blasts kill 65 in line for wheelchairs

PESHAWAR – At least 65 persons, including women and children, were killed and 112 others got injured when a pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up in front of the office of Assistant Political Agent in Yakka Ghund area of Mohmand Agency on Friday.
Sources informed that one bomber, who was riding an explosive-laden motorbike, tried to enter the office of the Assistant Political Agent but the security personnel stopped him on the gate. On this he blew himself up at the site where wheelchairs and other relief goods were being distributed among the internally displaced persons (IDPs).
The intensity of the blast was so severe that it badly damaged around 70 shops and portion of a prison. There are also some reports that around 28 detainees have been escaped from the jail situated in Yakka Ghund Bazaar near the office of Assistant Political agent.
Soon after the blast, the local rescuers rushed towards the site and started relief activities on self-help basis. The injured were shifted to Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, where emergency was declared.
The deceased included six children and three personnel of Khasadar Force.
Agencies add: A suicide attacker and a suspected car bomber caused carnage in a busy market outside a government office in Mohmand on Friday, killing 65 people and burying victims under pulverised shops.
The bombers struck within seconds of each other. One of the bombs appeared fairly small but the other was huge, officials said. At least one bomber was on a motorcycle.

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BBC URDU

پاکستان کے قبائلی علاقے مہمند ایجنسی کے علاقے یکہ غنڈ میں ایک خود کش دھماکے میں حکام کے مطابق ستاون افراد ہلاک اورایک سو چھبیس زخمی ہو گئے ہیں۔

خیبر پختون خوا کے وزیرِ اطلاعات میاں افتخار نے بی بی سی کے ساتھ انٹرویو میں کہا کہ کچھ اطلاعات کے مطابق اس حملے میں اسی افراد ہلاک ہوئے ہیں تاہم ستاون ہلاکتوں کی تصدیق ہو چکی ہے۔ ایک سو چھبیس افراد زخمی ہیں۔

میاں افتخار کا کہنا تھا کہ کئی لوگ ابھی تک گھروں کے ملبے تلے دبے ہوئے ہیں لہذا مرنے والوں کی حتمی تعداد کا تعین فوری طور پر کرنا مشکل ہے۔ انھوں نے کہا کہ مہمند ایجنسی میں مقامی طالبان نے اس حملے کی ذمہ داری قبول کر لی ہے۔ ’چونکہ یہ امن کمیٹی کا اجلاس تھا اور طالبان امن کے دشمن ہیں لہذا انھوں نے ذمہ داری قبول کی ہے۔‘