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| Ten police dead in Pakistan blast | Ten police dead in Pakistan blast |
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| At least 10 policemen have been killed in an apparent suicide bomb attack in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, officials have said. | At least 10 policemen have been killed in an apparent suicide bomb attack in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, officials have said. |
| The blast occurred in front of a police station near the city's Melody Market. | |
| It came on the first anniversary of the bloody ending of a siege at the city's Red Mosque, in which more than 100 people were killed during fighting. | |
| The mosque was stormed by Pakistani troops to evict militants who had taken sanctuary within its complex. | The mosque was stormed by Pakistani troops to evict militants who had taken sanctuary within its complex. |
| Police had been deployed at an Islamist rally being held near the radical mosque on Sunday to mark the anniversary. | |
| "The blast happened 15 minutes after the meeting dispersed. A heavy contingent of police was at a main crossing several hundred metres from the mosque and they were targeted in the attack," a senior security official told the AFP news agency. | "The blast happened 15 minutes after the meeting dispersed. A heavy contingent of police was at a main crossing several hundred metres from the mosque and they were targeted in the attack," a senior security official told the AFP news agency. |
| Blood and body parts covered the streets of this residential neighbourhood as terrified people came running out of their houses, says the BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad. | |
| The rally itself was peaceful, but security had been tight because of fears of an attack, our correspondent adds. | |
| The bloody ending of the mosque's siege triggered a wave of revenge bombings by Islamist militants. | |
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