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30
killed in twin blasts in Pakistan
Friday May 13, 2011 08:53:30 AM,
Agencies
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Islamabad: At least 30
people were killed and over 40 others injured in twin suicide
blasts Friday morning at a paramilitary centre in Pakistan, Xinhua
reported.
The blast occurred in Charsadda city, some 30 km northeast of
Peshawar in northwest Pakistan, local Urdu TV channel Samaa
reported.
The blasts took place at about 6.10 a.m. when a motorcycle and a
horse cart, both laden with explosives, were rammed into a
Frontier Corps (FC) training centre, when the troopers were
returning after their morning exercise.
Most of those killed and injured were troopers.
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