Hans Rustad Generalen med det øverste ansvar for saniteten i den pakistanske hæren ble drept av en selvmordsbomber i Rawalpindi mandag. En fotgjenger sto og ventet til generalens bil dukket opp, gikk bort, og sprengte seg selv i lufta.
A top Pakistani general was killed Monday when a suicide attacker approached his car at a traffic light in Rawalpindi and blew himself up, military officials said.
In addition to killing the general, Lt. Gen. Mushtaq Ahmad Baig, the surgeon general of the Pakistani Army, the attack on his staff car claimed the lives of eight other people, including the attacker and five civilians.
The attack took place at 2:45 p.m. in a crowded commercial neighborhood in Rawalpindi, the garrison town just outside the capital, Islamabad. The blast, which could be heard from several miles away, tore through a busy road and damaged at least four vehicles. The general’s car was badly mangled.
More than 25 people were wounded, including several pedestrians. One pedestrian, a woman, was among those killed. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
I tillegg kommer angrepet på Plan International i Mansehra, der fire ble drept og ti såret.
