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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 hit a bus carrying security forces, killing at least 15 people, a military spokesman said.
Witnesses saw ambulances rushing towards the scene of the explosions. Another left officers badly wounded at an army checkpoint, he added.
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.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 one incident on Saturday, a bomber in a car detonated explosives at an army checkpoint outside the Pakistani army's general headquarters in Rawalpindi, 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. At about the same time, 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.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.