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Pakistan: Bomb blast kills 1 in Rawalpindi

Bomb planted on electricity pole also injured a dozen, police say

Islamuddin Sajid  | 12.06.2020 - Update : 12.06.2020
Pakistan: Bomb blast kills 1 in Rawalpindi

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

At least one civilian was killed and 12 others wounded on Friday in a bombing in northwestern Pakistan, police said.

The bomb was planted on an electric pole near the Kabari Bazar food street in Rawalpindi, a city where headquarters of the Pakistan Army are located.

An investigation into the incident has been opened, a police spokesman said on the official Twitter handle.

Police have termed the incident a terror attack and cordoned off the area.

The injured have been shifted to local hospitals.

So far, no militants group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

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