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Blast at Peshawar police station injures five: official

Zahir Shah Sherazi Published September 6, 2013
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PESHAWAR: At least five people were injured Friday when an explosion rocked a police station in central Peshawar, the capital of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.

Police Superintendent Ismail Kharak said a motorcycle packed with explosives detonated inside the Hashtnagri police station, located in the centre of the city.

The injured, which included three policemen, were shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital for emergency care.

A number of vehicles parked inside the station were damaged by the blast, he added.

Kharak said investigation was underway into how the motorcycle had entered the police station.

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ishrat salim
Sep 06, 2013 09:05pm
how could a motorcycle packed with explosives could cross supposedly number of check posts and barricades and parked the motorcycle inside the police station....is this not a stupid way of protecting ones own asset ? then how could these police personelle save theirm own citizens ? the when they are criticised from such stupid failures, it is claimed that we are demoralising our policwe forces.....can somebody sane answer my comment... Dawn moderator...pls publish my comment, as truth must prevail and we as PAKISTANIS MUST BE ABLE TO FACE TRUTH.....till now none oif my comments have ever been published, why ?
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