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| Fresh blasts hit Pakistani city | Fresh blasts hit Pakistani city |
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| At least 10 people have been killed in two separate attacks in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. | At least 10 people have been killed in two separate attacks in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. |
| Six were killed and about 70 injured when two bombs exploded at a busy market, police said. | Six were killed and about 70 injured when two bombs exploded at a busy market, police said. |
| Shortly after, a suicide bomber attacked a military checkpoint on the city outskirts, killing four soldiers. | Shortly after, a suicide bomber attacked a military checkpoint on the city outskirts, killing four soldiers. |
| The attacks came hours after Pakistani Taliban warned of further violence following a gun and bomb attack in Lahore which killed at least 24 people. | The attacks came hours after Pakistani Taliban warned of further violence following a gun and bomb attack in Lahore which killed at least 24 people. |
| In the initial Peshawar attacks, bombs were on two motorcycles and detonated by timers, bomb disposal squad chief Shafqat Malik told reporters, according to Associated Press news agency. | In the initial Peshawar attacks, bombs were on two motorcycles and detonated by timers, bomb disposal squad chief Shafqat Malik told reporters, according to Associated Press news agency. |
| 'Sudden blast' | 'Sudden blast' |
| Tahir Ali Shar, a resident of the Peshawar, told Reuters news agency he could see about 15 wounded people lying on the ground. | Tahir Ali Shar, a resident of the Peshawar, told Reuters news agency he could see about 15 wounded people lying on the ground. |
| In pictures: Peshawar blasts | In pictures: Peshawar blasts |
| Some of the wounded are believed to be in a serious condition. | Some of the wounded are believed to be in a serious condition. |
| Shops and vehicles were damaged and television images showed men trying to douse flames, while injured people were being dragged out of the market to safety. | Shops and vehicles were damaged and television images showed men trying to douse flames, while injured people were being dragged out of the market to safety. |
| "It was a sudden blast and then there was fire all around, a cloud of smoke filled the sky," injured shopkeeper Khair Uddin told Reuters news agency. | "It was a sudden blast and then there was fire all around, a cloud of smoke filled the sky," injured shopkeeper Khair Uddin told Reuters news agency. |
| Gunmen started shooting in the narrow alleyways as police arrived. | Gunmen started shooting in the narrow alleyways as police arrived. |
| Police later said two suspected militants had been killed and two arrested. | |
| While the gunfight was going on, a suicide bomber drove a car laden with explosives at a military checkpoint on the outskirts. | |
| The apparent co-ordination of the attacks, coming so soon after Lahore and the Taliban warning, could herald a new wave of violence in Pakistani cities, says the BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad. | |
| Peshawar is the capital of the North Western Frontier Province and has seen an increase in violence in the past three weeks: | |
| • Six days ago a car bomb outside a cinema in a busy marketplace killed at least six people and injured about 70 | • Six days ago a car bomb outside a cinema in a busy marketplace killed at least six people and injured about 70 |
| • On 16 May a car bomb exploded in the densely populated Kashkal area, killing at least 11 people and injuring many others. | |
| Swat revenge | Swat revenge |
| The attack in Lahore a day earlier was in response to the army's operation in the Swat valley, Taliban deputy Hakimullah Mehsud told the BBC by phone. | The attack in Lahore a day earlier was in response to the army's operation in the Swat valley, Taliban deputy Hakimullah Mehsud told the BBC by phone. |
| The army is claiming sweeping victories against Taliban insurgents in the Swat valley, near the Afghan border. | The army is claiming sweeping victories against Taliban insurgents in the Swat valley, near the Afghan border. |
| The army says more than 1,000 militants have been killed in the past month. There has been no independent confirmation of the figure. | The army says more than 1,000 militants have been killed in the past month. There has been no independent confirmation of the figure. |
| It says it has recaptured 70% of Swat's main city, Mingora, and expects to secure it in a matter of days. | It says it has recaptured 70% of Swat's main city, Mingora, and expects to secure it in a matter of days. |
| Hakimullah Mehsud, Taliban commander for Orakzai and Khyber tribal regions, called on citizens to "evacuate their cities" | Hakimullah Mehsud, Taliban commander for Orakzai and Khyber tribal regions, called on citizens to "evacuate their cities" |
| He warned of further attacks on "government targets" in the Pakistani cities of Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Multan. | He warned of further attacks on "government targets" in the Pakistani cities of Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Multan. |
| Pakistan's government said in the immediate aftermath of the Lahore bomb that it suspected it to be an act of revenge by militants in Swat. | Pakistan's government said in the immediate aftermath of the Lahore bomb that it suspected it to be an act of revenge by militants in Swat. |
| The attack on Wednesday, which injured more than 200 people, targeted buildings belonging to the police and intelligence agency, the ISI. | The attack on Wednesday, which injured more than 200 people, targeted buildings belonging to the police and intelligence agency, the ISI. |
| A group of men shot at police officers before detonating a powerful car bomb, reportedly killing at least one ISI agent and 12 police officers, along with one child. | A group of men shot at police officers before detonating a powerful car bomb, reportedly killing at least one ISI agent and 12 police officers, along with one child. |
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