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78 People Killed In Twin Pakistan Church Bombings by mike404(m): 8:39pm On Sep 22, 2013 |
At least 78 people killed as suicide bombers trigger blasts at end of church service in northern city of Peshawar . At least 78 people have been killed in northwest Pakistan in a twin suicide bombing , police have said. The two attackers struck at the end of a service at All Saints Church in Peshawar , the main town in Khyber - Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday. A hospital spokesperson said that at least 120 people had been wounded in the attack . After the service ended, people started to come out and the suicide bomber rushed towards them Najeeb Bogvi , senior Peshawar police officer The attack occurred as hundreds of worshippers were coming out of the church in the city's Kohati Gate district after services to get a free meal of rice offered on the front lawn , said a top government administrator, Sahibzada Anees . " There were blasts and there was hell for all of us ," said Nazir John , who was at the church with at least 400 other worshippers . " When I got my senses back, I found nothing but smoke , dust, blood and screaming people . I saw severed body parts and blood all around . " The white walls of the church , which first opened in the late 1800 s , were pockmarked with holes caused by ball bearings or other metal objects contained in the bombs to cause maximum damage . Pakistan 's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the " cruel " attack, saying it violated the tenets of Islam. |
Re: 78 People Killed In Twin Pakistan Church Bombings by mike404(m): 8:42pm On Sep 22, 2013 |
m.aljazeera.com/story/20392275531903214 |
Re: 78 People Killed In Twin Pakistan Church Bombings by Nobody: 8:56pm On Sep 22, 2013 |
Of course it always violates the tenets of islam Yet islamists will keep doing it Whom do they think they are decieving? |
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