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Two suspected suicide blasts have killed at least one person and injured others in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi, army sources say. | Two suspected suicide blasts have killed at least one person and injured others in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi, army sources say. |
One explosion took place on a bus and the other at an army checkpoint, according to media reports. | One explosion took place on a bus and the other at an army checkpoint, according to media reports. |
Witnesses saw ambulances rushing towards the scene of the explosions. | Witnesses saw ambulances rushing towards the scene of the explosions. |
There have been a number of suicide bombings in Pakistan in recent months, including an attack that left at least 135 people dead in Karachi last month. | There have been a number of suicide bombings in Pakistan in recent months, including an attack that left at least 135 people dead in Karachi last month. |
In the first incident, a bomber in a car detonated explosives at an army checkpoint outside the Pakistani army's general headquarters in Rawalpindi, killing one of the guards stationed there, a military spokesman said. | |
In the second attack, a car carrying explosives reportedly rammed a Pakistani defence ministry bus heading to a building belonging to the country's security services. | |
"Both were suicide attacks," Army spokesman Major-General Waheed Arshad told local reporters. | |
Officials said they feared that the bus attack may have left many casualties. |