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| A suicide bomb attack on a police station in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, has left one policeman dead and another injured. | A suicide bomb attack on a police station in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, has left one policeman dead and another injured. |
| The bomber killed himself as he set off his device after trying unsuccessfully to enter police special branch offices near the Sitara market, police said. | The bomber killed himself as he set off his device after trying unsuccessfully to enter police special branch offices near the Sitara market, police said. |
| Special intelligence and bomb disposal units are believed to use the building. | Special intelligence and bomb disposal units are believed to use the building. |
| There was no early indication of who had organised the attack, which came on Pakistan Day, a national holiday. | There was no early indication of who had organised the attack, which came on Pakistan Day, a national holiday. |
| Violence in Pakistan has surged in recent months amid a wave of attacks blamed on Islamist militants. | Violence in Pakistan has surged in recent months amid a wave of attacks blamed on Islamist militants. |
| The bomber was stopped as he tried to enter the police station, police said. | The bomber was stopped as he tried to enter the police station, police said. |
| "The bomber was on foot and when the guards tried to stop him at the check-post he blew himself up," Rana Akbar, a senior official in the city administration, told Reuters news agency. | "The bomber was on foot and when the guards tried to stop him at the check-post he blew himself up," Rana Akbar, a senior official in the city administration, told Reuters news agency. |
| An eyewitness described the scene: "I can see human flesh scattered on the road and the damaged police check-post at the gate." | An eyewitness described the scene: "I can see human flesh scattered on the road and the damaged police check-post at the gate." |
| Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the attack had been "planned by terrorists" and "targeted against police". | Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the attack had been "planned by terrorists" and "targeted against police". |
| "[The bomber] apparently wanted to target senior officers," he added. | "[The bomber] apparently wanted to target senior officers," he added. |