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| Fifteen killed in Pakistan blasts | Fifteen killed in Pakistan blasts |
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| At least 15 people have been killed in the Pakistan city of Rawalpindi in two bomb blasts, police and military say. | At least 15 people have been killed in the Pakistan city of Rawalpindi in two bomb blasts, police and military say. |
| The first explosion went off on a bus carrying "defence employees" in the town near Islamabad, killing 10 people and destroying the vehicle completely. | The first explosion went off on a bus carrying "defence employees" in the town near Islamabad, killing 10 people and destroying the vehicle completely. |
| Shortly afterwards, a motorcycle exploded in a market, killing at least five people. | |
| Attacks by militants have increased since the army stormed the Red Mosque in Islamabad in July. | Attacks by militants have increased since the army stormed the Red Mosque in Islamabad in July. |
| The first explosion occurred at 0720 (0220 GMT), officials said. | The first explosion occurred at 0720 (0220 GMT), officials said. |
| "Ten defence employees were killed when a bomb tore through their bus near Qasim market in Rawalpindi," police officer Mohammad Hamid was quoted by news agency AFP as saying. | "Ten defence employees were killed when a bomb tore through their bus near Qasim market in Rawalpindi," police officer Mohammad Hamid was quoted by news agency AFP as saying. |
| 'Huge bang' | |
| Eyewitnesses said the bus was completely destroyed by the blast which could be heard across the city. | |
| "There was a huge bang, then I saw the bus in a mangled heap. Body parts were scattered across the road and there was blood everywhere," witness Mohammad Tahir told AFP. | |
| Television pictures showed rescue workers at the scene, trying to cut open the wreckage to pull out injured people and bodies. | |
| The second blast happened about three kms (two miles) away when a suspected motorcycle bomb exploded in the city's RA Bazaar. | |
| "We only know that it was a motorcycle bomb. It exploded with a big bang and killed at least five people," Associated Press, quoting a police official, said. | |
| Interior Ministry spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying the bus was believed to be carrying employees of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission. | |
| But military spokesman, Maj-Gen Waheed Arshad said authorities were trying to determine which department the people worked for. | |
| "It's terrorism because innocent people were killed in both blasts," Maj-Gen Arshad told the agency. |