VOA标准英语2009年-Suicide Bombings Kill at Least 16 in North
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(九月)
By Sean Maroney
Islamabad
26 September 2009
Damaged cars seen at site of bomb explosion in commercial district in Peshawar, Pakistan, 26 Sep 2009
Two powerful suicide attacks struck different areas of northwestern Pakistan Saturday, apparently 1 targeting the country's security forces. In the first attack, the bomber 2 killed at least six people and wounded more than 60 others outside a police station in Bannu. Shortly thereafter in Peshawar's commercial district, another attacker exploded outside a bank affiliated 3 with the Pakistani army, killing 4 10 people and wounding more than 70 others.
Authorities in Bannu say the suicide bomber exploded a small truck full of explosives, destroying the police station and surrounding buildings.
District Police Officer Iqbal Marwat says nearby civilians 5 were wounded, but most of the casualties were police officers.
He says the attacker tried to ram 6 the vehicle through the main gate, but then detonated the bomb after police opened fire.
Local media are quoting a representative for the outlawed 7 Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan as taking responsibility for the bombing.
This is the first time the alliance of more than a dozen militant 8 groups with links to al-Qaida has claimed responsibility since its former leader Baitullah Mehsud was reportedly killed in a U.S. missile strike. Analysts 9 had suggested the group was in disarray 10 following Mehsud's death.
People look out through broken windows of a building at the site of a bomb explosion in a commercial district in Peshawar, 26 Sep 2009
Hours later in Peshawar, officials say an attacker in a parked car threw a grenade at a crowd of people outside the Askari Bank before exploding in the car.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. Senior police official Ghafoor Afridi tells VOA that the bomber bypassed multiple security checkpoints.
"There was checking all around. But somehow, it is not possible to check all vehicles, so they might have slipped a vehicle inside and exploded it," said Afridi.
Saturday's attacks come as the Pakistani military works to expand its offensive against the Taliban.
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- All affiliated members can vote. 所有隶属成员都有投票权。
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- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
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