One killed, seven injured in NW Pakistan blast

One killed, seven injured in NW Pakistan blast

ISLAMABAD, May 28 -- At least one person was killed and seven others injured Thursday evening in a huge blast on a check post in the northwestern Pakistani city of Dera Ismail Khan, local TV channels reported.

The blast near the Town Hall in Dera Ismail Khan caused several vehicles nearby on fire, according to the private Geo TV.

Following the blast, power supply to the city has also been suspended.

This is the fourth blast in a day in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).

Two policemen were killed Thursday evening in a suicide attack on a check post on the outskirts of Peshawar, the NWFP capital.

Policemen secure the streets of Peshawar after multiple bomb attacks in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province May 28, 2009. Two bombs exploded on Thursday in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar killing six people and gunmen on rooftops ambushed police as they arrived at the scene, officials and witnesses said.

Two other blasts in the busy bazaar in Peshawar killed at least five people and injured over 100.

The attacks came hours after Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the Wednesday's huge suicide bomb attack in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, which killed around 30 people.

Hakimullah Mehsood, spokesman for Taliban movement said that his group had carried out the Lahore attack and will do more in the days to come.

The security forces launched operations against Taliban militants late April after they refused to vacate the Buner district neighboring the Swat district of the NWFP as promised and challenged the writ of the government.
(Xinhua)