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| Suicide blast hits Pakistan bus | Suicide blast hits Pakistan bus |
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| At least six people have died in a blast which hit a military bus in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi. | |
| A military spokesman told the BBC that a suicide bomber riding a motorbike had rammed into the bus. | A military spokesman told the BBC that a suicide bomber riding a motorbike had rammed into the bus. |
| Over 20 people are reported to have been injured in the attack, which took place during the morning rush hour. | |
| A series of suicide bomb attacks have hit Rawalpindi in the last year. In December opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed at a rally there. | A series of suicide bomb attacks have hit Rawalpindi in the last year. In December opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed at a rally there. |
| Authorities have blamed Taleban militants based near the border with Afghanistan for the attacks. | Authorities have blamed Taleban militants based near the border with Afghanistan for the attacks. |
| 'Gigantic blast' | |
| Several vehicles were reported to have been badly damaged and the bus destroyed in Monday's blast, which went off near the army headquarters. | Several vehicles were reported to have been badly damaged and the bus destroyed in Monday's blast, which went off near the army headquarters. |
| Officials said the military had cordoned off the area. | Officials said the military had cordoned off the area. |
| The blast took place early on Monday in a crowded market area. | |
| One witness, Haji Shaukat Khan, told the AFP news agency that he heard a "gigantic explosion". | |
| "There was a big ball of fire and smoke. Some pellets from the bomb hit the wall of my shop and I dived down, because I was injured in the arm in another blast that happened at this spot last year," he said. | |
| Rawalpindi has seen several such attacks in the past six months, which have claimed dozens of lives. | |
| Almost all have been blamed by the government on pro-Taleban militants operating out of Pakistan's tribal region of Waziristan. |