Friday, May 4, 2012

Pakistani Taliban Suicide Bomber Hits Police Checkpoint - 24 Dead


 Security officials examine the site of a suicide bombing in Khar, the main town of Bajaur tribal region, May 4, 2012. — Photo by AFP



The Religion of Death, Islam, struck again today in Bajaur, Pakistan at a police checkpoint - a Taliban suicide bomber ended up killing 24 people in his self-induced explosion.


From the report at DAWN:


A suicide bomber killed at least 24 people and wounded at least 45 on Friday in an attack on a police checkpoint in northwest Pakistan’s Bajaur tribal region.

The bomber struck near a crowded market in Bajaur, one of tribal regions near the Afghan border where the military has mounted offensives in recent years against the al Qaeda-linked Pakistani Taliban, the biggest security threat to the country.

Dr Mohammed Aafif at the Headquarters Hospital in Khar confirmed the death toll. At least three of the dead were policemen, including a senior officer, another official said.

Police and security forces sealed off the site of the attack.

The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack.

“We carried out the attack today,” said TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan. “We are very happy today that we have achieved our target.”

So there you have it - 24 more human beings blown up...their body parts scattered around the area like confetti and the Taliban is "very happy" - of course they are happy, because killing is their drug, it's their turn on, it's their "high."




Bajaur bomb attack kills 24; TTP claims responsibility


KHAR: A suicide bomber killed at least 24 people and wounded at least 45 on Friday in an attack on a police checkpoint in northwest Pakistan’s Bajaur tribal region.

The bomber struck near a crowded market in Bajaur, one of tribal regions near the Afghan border where the military has mounted offensives in recent years against the al Qaeda-linked Pakistani Taliban, the biggest security threat to the country.

Dr Mohammed Aafif at the Headquarters Hospital in Khar confirmed the death toll. At least three of the dead were policemen, including a senior officer, another official said.

Police and security forces sealed off the site of the attack.

The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack.

“We carried out the attack today,” said TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan. “We are very happy today that we have achieved our target.”

Pakistan, a strategic US ally, has failed to break the back of the Taliban despite numerous crackdowns.

The Taliban have mounted suicide bombings, which have often killed civilians, and shooting attacks on security forces in their bid to topple the government.

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