Explosion near tribal leader’s home in Peshawar

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PESHAWAR: An explosion is reported near a tribal leader, Satana Gul’s residence at the Ring Road area, Pashta Khara, TrendPK reported on Friday.

Police said that one person has been recovered from debris while three are still under it.
Tribal leader’s home is also damaged in the explosion, police told.

The explosion took place in the office of a property dealer which is located near a NATO terminal.  TrendPK

Explosion outside house in Kohat; no injury

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KOHAT: A powerful blast rocked Kohat district when substantial amount of explosives reportedly planted outside a house went off with heart-failing sound in Meri Colony on early Saturday, reports TrendPK.

Thankfully, no loss of life or injury has been reported in the blast.

Police and other law enforcement agencies, having arrived on the site of the explosion, have placed a strict cordon around the area and have whilst kicked off search operation in the adjoining localities.

Witnesses said that the bomb had been planted in a box beside the main gate of a house which inflicted minor damages on the entrance. TrendPK

Yemen PM to return from Riyadh after attack on Saleh

RIYADH: Yemen’s prime minister will return home later on Tuesday from Saudi Arabia, where he has been recovering from injuries suffered in a June assassination attempt on President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a government source said.

Gas pipeline blown up near Dera Murad

DERA MURAD JAMALI: Unidentified miscreants blown up main gas pipeline near Dera Murad Jamali, TrendPK learnt Wednesday.

Sources said that this pipeline supply gas to different areas of Balochistan and Sindh. One staff of Levy is missing after the explosion. TrendPK

School Blown up in Khyber, Explosion in Hangu, No Casualties

trendpk: A roadside bomb exploded in Hangu on Monday. No casualties were reported.

The explosion took place in Kotaki area of Hangu, but no casualties were reported. Security forces reached on the site. The bomb was planted on the roadside by militants.

On the other hand, militants blew up a girls primary school in Khyber Agency.

Roadside bomb kills 3 pilgrims in Iraq

BAGHDAD: A roadside bomb killed three pilgrims and wounded 18 in Baghdad ahead of a religious event, an Iraqi Interior Ministry source said on Tuesday.

A police source said three people were killed and 19 wounded by the explosion in the western Baghdad district of Ghazaliya.

Another roadside bomb wounded 14 Shi’ite pilgrims in Khalis, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, the Diyala province operations centre said.

Shi’ite pilgrims have been gathering around Iraq ahead of Ashura on Friday, which commemorates the death of Prophet Mohammad’s grandson Hussein at the battle of Kerbala in 680. AGENCIES

Twin Blasts in Stockholm Leave one Dead

STOCKHOLM: Twin blasts in central Stockholm killed one person and injured two others, in what Sweden’s foreign minister said was a “terrorist” attack that could have had “catastrophic” consequences.

The explosions on Saturday, in a busy part of the capital packed with Christmas shoppers, came minutes after a Swedish news agency received a message denouncing Sweden’s military presence in Afghanistan and threatening deadly attacks.

One of the blasts killed the suspected bomber, Sweden television reported, although neither police nor the intelligence service would confirm that it was an attack.

But Bildt’s comments, sent from his Twitter account, were unequivocal.

“Most worrying attempt at terrorist attack in crowded part of central Stockholm,” wrote Bildt. “Failed — but could have been truly catastrophic…” he added.

The first blast hit at around 4:50 pm (1550 GMT) when a parked car packed with gas canisters exploded, police said.

That explosion left two people in need of hospital treatment for minor injuries, said emergency services spokesman Bengt Norberg.

The second blast was about 200 metres (650 feet) away, he added.

Police spokeswoman Petra Sjolandero said one person had been found dead at the site of this explosion.

“I cannot confirm that the death is linked to the explosion of the car but I cannot deny it either,” she added.

But media reported that a bag filled with nails had been found near the body of the man who, it said, was thought to be the bomber.

And witnesses cited by Dagens Nyheter newspaper said the dead man had a large wound to his stomach as if something had exploded there.

Swedish news agency reported that it had received messages about 10 minutes before the first blast in Arabic and Swedish, warning of unspecified “action.”

Thar Express narrowly escapes the explosion

A plot to explode Thar Express went unsuccessful as the blast only resulted in derailment of three compartments at Dhabeji place near Karachi; however there was no loss of any life, trendpk.Com reported.

There were 155 passengers including 105 Pakistanis and 50 Indian nationals present in the train when this incident took place. According to the details, some explosives were planted at the track en-route to India from Karachi near Dhabeji but fortunately after the explosion, only three compartments of Thar Express derailed. Ther was no loss of life or injury reported in the mishap. According to Pakistan Railways officials, the repairing work at rail track was completed and cleared the track and resumed the train service.

7 killed in Bihar blast

Five children and two adults were killed in India on Sunday when a bomb planted by Maoist rebels exploded in the eastern state of Bihar as polling booths closed after local elections, police said.

The left-wing guerrillas planted the bomb in a cooking gas cylinder in Aurangabad district, 130 kms (80 miles) south of Patna city, to disrupt voting for the state assembly poll that ended on Saturday, officers said.

Police detected the bomb on Saturday evening but were unable to defuse it and had left it in a field for specialists to handle.

The blast took place when curious villagers gathered to inspect the bomb, senior police officer P.K. Thakur said. It is not certain what triggered the explosion.

Bihar state elections have a history of violence but were mostly peaceful during the one month of staggered voting that began on October 21. Maoist rebels in India have stepped up attacks in response to a government offensive that began late last year in the forests of the so-called Red Corridor that stretches across north and eastern India. The insurgency, which began in 1967, feeds off land disputes, police brutality and corruption and is strongest in the poorest and most deprived areas of India, many of which are rich in natural resources.

Rescue efforts at NZ mine face further delay

GREYMOUTH: Efforts to rescue 29 men trapped in a New Zealand coal mine faced more agonising delays on Sunday when authorities said they needed to drill a new shaft to test air quality because toxic gases made it too dangerous for rescue teams go in.

There has been no contact with the miners since an explosion ripped through the colliery on the rugged west coast of New Zealand’s South Island on Friday afternoon, with authorities saying they would not enter until the air quality improved.

“It’s not a case of simply pulling on a mask and running in there, the risk is huge,” district police commander Gary Knowles said. “I’m not going to put 16 guys underground to effect a half-arsed rescue.”

Naturally occurring methane gas is thought to have caused the explosion. High levels of gas have been detected near mine ventilation shafts, but rescue teams need to know gas

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