12 killed as Taliban target ISI in Multan
* Attackers fire rocket, automatic weapons at checkpoint
* Security personnel among those killed
* Body parts of two suspected suicide bombers found
MULTAN: A group of Taliban launched a gun, rocket and suicide attack on the office of an intelligence agency on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people and injuring several others.
The blast in Multan ripped the facades off several buildings in a part of the city largely reserved for government and security agencies. The apparent target of the blast – a building housing an office of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) – was also damaged. Senior police officer Agha Yusuf said at least three Taliban in a car carried out the attack.
He said one of them first fired a rocket and an automatic weapon at a police checkpoint, and then drove to the intelligence agency – where they blew it up. He said security personnel were also among the 12 killed. “It was a suicide attack. There were two attackers who were stopped at the checkpost, but they tried to flee and security personnel fired at them,” another police official, Arif Ikram told reporters. “The attackers returned fire and also launched two rockets, and later exploded their vehicle.”
Multan’s top administrative official, Syed Mohammad Ali Gardezi, said that one military building was badly damaged in the blast. “They did not succeed in hitting the target,” he claimed. Body parts: Gardezi said the body parts of two suspected suicide bombers were strewn over a road outside the ISI office.
“Our security agencies were on alert and they didn’t let the attackers reach their target,” said Gardezi, adding that 47 people had also been injured. President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusaf Raza Gilani condemned the attack, and expressed sorrow over the loss of life. Meanwhile, the US embassy also condemned the terrorist attacks in Lahore, Quetta
and Multan. agencies
* Security personnel among those killed
* Body parts of two suspected suicide bombers found
MULTAN: A group of Taliban launched a gun, rocket and suicide attack on the office of an intelligence agency on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people and injuring several others.
The blast in Multan ripped the facades off several buildings in a part of the city largely reserved for government and security agencies. The apparent target of the blast – a building housing an office of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) – was also damaged. Senior police officer Agha Yusuf said at least three Taliban in a car carried out the attack.
He said one of them first fired a rocket and an automatic weapon at a police checkpoint, and then drove to the intelligence agency – where they blew it up. He said security personnel were also among the 12 killed. “It was a suicide attack. There were two attackers who were stopped at the checkpost, but they tried to flee and security personnel fired at them,” another police official, Arif Ikram told reporters. “The attackers returned fire and also launched two rockets, and later exploded their vehicle.”
Multan’s top administrative official, Syed Mohammad Ali Gardezi, said that one military building was badly damaged in the blast. “They did not succeed in hitting the target,” he claimed. Body parts: Gardezi said the body parts of two suspected suicide bombers were strewn over a road outside the ISI office.
“Our security agencies were on alert and they didn’t let the attackers reach their target,” said Gardezi, adding that 47 people had also been injured. President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusaf Raza Gilani condemned the attack, and expressed sorrow over the loss of life. Meanwhile, the US embassy also condemned the terrorist attacks in Lahore, Quetta
and Multan. agencies
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