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| Twin blasts 'kill 15' in Pakistan | Twin blasts 'kill 15' in Pakistan |
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| Two suspected suicide blasts have killed at least 15 people and injured others in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi, officials say. | Two suspected suicide blasts have killed at least 15 people and injured others in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi, officials 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. |
| This is the third recent strike on Rawalpindi. | |
| In the first incident on Saturday, 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. | 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. | "Both were suicide attacks," Army spokesman Major-General Waheed Arshad told local reporters. |
| No group has yet claimed responsibility for the bombings, but the BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad says they are often suspected to have been carried out by pro-Taleban militants in revenge for military operations in the tribal areas near the Afghan border and in North-West Frontier Province. |