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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 hit a bus carrying security forces, killing at least 15 people, a military spokesman said.One explosion hit a bus carrying security forces, killing at least 15 people, a military spokesman said.
Another left officers badly wounded at an army checkpoint, he added.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 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 one incident on Saturday, a bomber in a car detonated explosives at an army checkpoint outside the Pakistani army's general headquarters in Rawalpindi, army spokesman Major-General Waheed Arshad said.
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. Other reports from security sources said at least one officer died in this explosion.
"Both were suicide attacks," army spokesman Major-General Waheed Arshad told local reporters. At about the same time, a car carrying explosives reportedly rammed a Pakistani defence ministry bus heading to an intelligence services building.
An intelligence agent at the scene told the Associated Press that the destroyed bus was a 72-seater, but that more people were on board.
He said the death toll was likely to rise.
Witnesses described a burned-out bus with dozens of ambulances stationed around.
Soldiers and police quickly sealed the scene, and forced bystanders and journalists back.
"Both were suicide attacks," Gen Arshad told local reporters.
Military HQ
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.
Rawalpindi, near the capital Islamabad, is the headquarters of the Pakistani military and where General Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president, has his offices.
The country is in the midst of political turmoil. Gen Musharraf has imposed emergency rule, which critics say will undermine elections scheduled for January.
The president has promised to step down as head of the army, and to rule as a civilian president.