Deadly bombing at Pakistan market
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A bomb exploded at a vegetable market on the outskirts of Islamabad on Wednesday (April 9), killing 23 people and injuring at least 39, police and hospital officials said.
The early morning blast, as traders assembled for fruit auctions, left severed body parts and bloodstained clothes scattered throughout stalls at the market on the border between the capital Islamabad and its twin city of Rawalpindi.
Police said the bomb had been hidden in a box of guava fruit.
Rawalpindi, whose suburbs blend into the capital, is the site of the powerful Pakistani military's headquarters. But the blast occurred far from army buildings and the purpose of the attack was unclear.
There were no immediate claims of responsibility. Pakistan is holding peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban insurgency, which is supposed to be observing a ceasefire until April 10, but there are dozens of other militant groups.
The Taliban are demanding the
A bomb exploded at a vegetable market on the outskirts of Islamabad on Wednesday (April 9), killing 23 people and injuring at least 39, police and hospital officials said.
The early morning blast, as traders assembled for fruit auctions, left severed body parts and bloodstained clothes scattered throughout stalls at the market on the border between the capital Islamabad and its twin city of Rawalpindi.
Police said the bomb had been hidden in a box of guava fruit.
Rawalpindi, whose suburbs blend into the capital, is the site of the powerful Pakistani military's headquarters. But the blast occurred far from army buildings and the purpose of the attack was unclear.
There were no immediate claims of responsibility. Pakistan is holding peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban insurgency, which is supposed to be observing a ceasefire until April 10, but there are dozens of other militant groups.
The Taliban are demanding the