59 Workers Killed During Suicide Bombing In Pakistan
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up right outside of the main defense industry for Pakistan. They let the bombs off right when the workers were ending their shift. A total of 59 people were killed by the explosions.
Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility. Nuclear-armed Pakistan is on the front line of the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism and al Qaeda-linked militants have launched a wave of attacks on the security forces over the past year, bombing military camps, patrols and transport.
The violence combined with political uncertainty has helped undermine investor confidence and send the country’s financial markets on a downward spiral. “There were bodies lying everywhere and wounded people soaked in blood were screaming for help,” said Shah, the manager of a petrol station near the industrial complex in Wah, 30 km (20 miles) northwest of Islamabad.
“Many of the wounded were either without legs or hands. I could see body parts hanging on trees,” he said.
A Pakistani Taliban spokesman said the blasts were retaliation for military operations against militants in the northwestern region of Bajaur, on the Afghan border.
“If it doesn’t stop we will continue such attacks,” Taliban spokesman Maulvi Omar said by telephone. “The Wah factory is a killer factory where arms are being produced to kill our women and children,” he said.