Twin suicide bombings kill over 25 in Pak

Islamabad (PTI): Two near-simultaneous suicide attacks rocked Pakistan's high-security garrison city of Rawalpindi on Saturday, killing over 25 people, most of them military personnel, and injuring many others.
Military Spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad said the blasts occurred almost simultaneously at 7.45 am local time one at a check post near the gate of the army General Headquarters and another targeting a bus carrying defence ministry personnel near a key ISI facility on the Faizabad-Murree Road.

Over 25 people were killed and many injured in the twin bombings, security sources were quoted as saying by the media. However, Arshad said that 15 people had died in the blasts, adding that both suicide bombers were in cars.

In the attack near the General Headquarters, two soldiers manning the check post in Saddar area were injured when the suicide attacker blew himself up, Arshad said. Earlier reports had said one of the soldiers had died.

The second attack, which had the maximum casualties, occurred at a site opposite the Defence Ministry's Ojri Camp and near the gate of ISI's Hamza Camp facility. The suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into the bus carrying defence ministry personnel, Arshad said.
The blast triggered a devastating

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