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Peshawar blasts Two girls, 3 Students die
« on: May 13, 2010, 01:06:23 PM »
Peshawar blasts Two girls, 3 Students die

Peshawar: Three students of a seminary and two girls were killed in two bomb blasts in two suburbs of Peshawar on Wednesday.

According to police, in the first bombing in Faizullah Garhi area, some men planted a home-made bomb and detonated it through a remote control when students of a seminary were returning home.

Those killed in the incident were identified as Noor-ul-Wahab, Shakirullah and Saeed Khan whose ages ranged between 10 and 15. The blast also injured two men, Nazar Hussain and Abdul Wahab of Janay Kor village.

Those killed and injured in the incident were taken to the Lady Reading Hospital, where condition of the two injured was stated to be serious.

A bomb disposal officer said about eight kilograms of explosives had been used in the blast and parts of the device had been retrieved.

A police official of the Ormar police station said that the area was close to an Afghan refugees' camp and a police checkpoint.

In the second bomb blast, some unidentified people hurled a hand-grenade at the residence of Raees Khan in Muslimabad village, killing two girls and injuring two others.

The girls killed in the blast were identified as Kulsoom (11) and Sumaya 13, both cousins, while Nayaab (6) and Iqra, daughters of Raees, suffered injuries. The killing of the girls triggered a demonstration by hundreds of area people who blocked the main Charsadda-Peshawar Road.

According to Raees, some unidentified men had thrown a hand-grenade inside his hujra where the girls were playing, killing two girls.

SP Abdul Kalam Khan said that some accused, including Daud and Jahanzeb, had been arrested on the report of a complainant. The SP said organisers of the procession were at large.

The girls' father, he said, was the owner of a cattle pen and the accused by using fake names had allegedly sent messages and demanded Rs500,000 as extortion money, but he had refused to do so. Dawn