Two Linked to Pakistan nuclear program killed in attack
Agencia EFE June 4, 2014 6:21pm
Islamabad, Jun 4 (EFE).- A suicide attacker killed two military officers linked to Pakistan’s nuclear program, along with three civilians, near the Kamra air base, not far from this capital, police told Efe.
The incident occurred in the Fateh Jang area about 10 a.m. when a vehicle belonging to the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission was boarded by the suicide bomber, who was on foot, after which he detonated the explosives attached to his body.
The attacker took advantage of the moment when the vehicle slowed down briefly to jump on board, according to police officer Mohammed Altaf, who said that a guard and the driver of the vehicle were wounded.
Military spokesman Abid Askari told Efe that both men who were killed held the rank of lieutenant colonel, but he did not mention the fact that they were working in the nuclear program and placed the attack in the nearby city of Rawalpindi.
Police said that the vehicle had come from one of the country’s air bases, which analysts and international media said is part of Pakistan’s nuclear program.
The installation, where dozens of the best aircraft in the air force are based, two years ago was the target of a Taliban attack in which a guard and eight insurgents died.
The Fateh Jang attack is the second one to be staged on Wednesday against the armed forces after an insurgent assault on two posts in northwestern Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan, in which two soldiers died and three others were wounded.
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Islamabad, Jun 4 (EFE).- A suicide attacker killed two military officers linked to Pakistan’s nuclear program, along with three civilians, near the Kamra air base, not far from this capital, police told Efe.
The incident occurred in the Fateh Jang area about 10 a.m. when a vehicle belonging to the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission was boarded by the suicide bomber, who was on foot, after which he detonated the explosives attached to his body.
The attacker took advantage of the moment when the vehicle slowed down briefly to jump on board, according to police officer Mohammed Altaf, who said that a guard and the driver of the vehicle were wounded.
Military spokesman Abid Askari told Efe that both men who were killed held the rank of lieutenant colonel, but he did not mention the fact that they were working in the nuclear program and placed the attack in the nearby city of Rawalpindi.
Police said that the vehicle had come from one of the country’s air bases, which analysts and international media said is part of Pakistan’s nuclear program.
The installation, where dozens of the best aircraft in the air force are based, two years ago was the target of a Taliban attack in which a guard and eight insurgents died.
The Fateh Jang attack is the second one to be staged on Wednesday against the armed forces after an insurgent assault on two posts in northwestern Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan, in which two soldiers died and three others were wounded.
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