Taliban / Sipah-e-Sahaba attack ISI office in Multan. 12 killed including women and children.

Multan blast claims 12 lives: Rescue 1122

Bomb Attack on Pakistani Security Agency, 12 Dead

By REUTERS / GEO TV
Published: December 8, 2009

MULTAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – A bomb attack on a Pakistani security agency office in the southeastern city of Multan on Tuesday killed nine people, security officials said.

“They tried to hit the office of a sensitive agency but couldn’t so the blast was outside,” one security official said, adding four soldiers and five civilians, including some children, had been killed.

wo blasts rocked Qasim Bela Road here in the Cantonment area on Tuesday. According to SSP Operations Agha Mohammad Yusuf, the entire area was cordoned off immediately by the security personnel immediately after the two blasts were heard.

Ambulances of Rescue 1122, Edhi, CMH and Nishter hospitals were seen rushing to the site to shift the injured to the hospitals. Abdul Jabbar, a Rescue 1122 relief worker said ten injured, including two women were shifted to Nishter Hospital.

Dr Kaleem of Rescue 1122 said the deceased include eight civilians and four security men.

Eye witnesses said a number of civilians suffered injuries in the incident.

According to Geo News correspondent, at least 11 injured including children and women were brought to the Nishtar Hospital.

The blast was so powerful that the windowpanes of the nearby buildings were smashed to pieces. The media is being denied access to the blasts site thanks to the sensitivity of the area.

It should be mentioned that the blast occurred in the constituency of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani.

According to an eyewitness, he was passing from the area when he heard a low-intensity blast followed by a massive explosion, adding the ISI building was more than half damaged as a result of bombings.

Another eyewitness told Geo News that the gunshots were fired before the blasts.

Some people are feared to be trapped under the rubble of the damaged building.

DIG Arif Ikaram said the blast occurred at 12:10pm in front of a secret agency building, adding he confirmed the killings of at least four people.

Taliban claim responsibility

MULTAN: The Taliban have claimed responsibility for an attack on an ISI office that killed at least 12 people and injured several others on Tuesday. Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq claimed responsibility for the attack in a conversation with an Associated Press reporter in Waziristan. Attacks blamed on Taliban have surged this year as troops battle the terrorist group in the rugged tribal regions near the Afghan border, under fierce US pressure to do more to destroy extremist strongholds. ap
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