Twin Blasts in Islamabad, Death toll hits 6
The explosion in the cafeteria on the left pieces of flesh splattered on the floor and broken glass. The second attack took place in the department of Islamic law.
At least 21 injured have been taken to PIMS hospital in the federal capital, where many of them are in critical condition, authorities said. The wounded included 14 girls between the four said to be in serious condition.
International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) was established in the 1980s. Its sprawling campus on the outskirts of the city, has more than 12,000 students, nearly half of them women. Many students come from abroad.
The police commissioner Abdul Ghafar Quaiserani said two suicide bombers blew themselves up almost simultaneously. Both attackers were also killed, he said.
Television footage showed a woman with a bloody left leg being carried on a stretcher and a red brick building with broken windows. Its ceiling was peppered with shrapnel from the explosion.
Security forces have cordoned off the area after the blasts.
Twin Blasts in Islamabad, Death toll hits 6 was first posted on October 20, 2009 at 5:28 pm.
