Eight including 4 children dead in Dera blast

Eight including 4 children dead in Dera blast

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Farooq Mehsud
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Eight persons including four children were killed and 20 others injured when an explosive materials planted in a garbage went off targeting a Moharram Procession near Masjid Karim Khan in the Bannu Chungi Toya Fazil area in D.I. Khan city, here on Saturday morning.
NNI Adds: According to police sources, a 8-10 kg bomb was set off by a remote control device as cellphones were operational in the area despite suspension of the mobile service.
A senior medical official said 30 people were wounded, including security personnel. He said four children were killed in the blast, aged between 12 to 14 years.
The injured also include a policeman. The law enforcing agencies have cordoned off the area after the explosion.
Bomb Disposal Squad incharge Inayat Ullah said it was a roadside bomb and the explosive material was concealed in garbage heap.
The explosion was so powerful that it hurled a young boy onto a rooftop from a street, where a man later carried away half of his body, eyewitnesses said.
Meanwhile Taliban have accepted the responsibility of the bomb blast near Moharram’s procession at Dera Ismail Khan.
The spokesman of Taliban Ahsan Ullah told the foreign media from an unknown location on Saturday that they conducted attack against the Shite’s procession.
He threatened that Taliban have sent almost 25 to 30 suicide bombers to different cities of the country , which were give the task of striking at Moharram’s processions.
“Government can not prevent us from the sabotage activities despite making best efforts to beef up security”, Taliban spokesman added.
Pakistan has deployed thousands of additional police across the country to beef up security, and authorities have suspended mobile phone service in all the major cities for two days to prevent such bombings.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik has also condemned the D.I. Khan blast and sought detailed inquiry report of the incident from the I.G. Police Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Chief Minister Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Ameer Haider Khan Hoti and Interior Minister Rehman Malik have also condemned the blast. Officials say Taliban frequently use cellular phones as remote detonators for bomb attacks.