Car bomb kills 12 in northwest Pakistan
22 March 2013 6:15 AM IST
Twelve people, including women and children, were killed and more than 30 injured when a powerful car bomb went off at a refugee camp at Nowshera in Pakistan’s restive northwest on Thursday, officials said.
The blast occurred shortly before noon near the administration block of the sprawling Jalozai camp, which houses both Afghan refugees and people displaced by recent fighting in the northwest. Noor Akbar, the official in-charge of the camp, told reporters that 12 people were killed. Two women and many children were among the dead. Officials at a nearby hospital said they had received 35 injured. Those in a serious condition were sent to Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. Officials said the explosive device was hidden in a car parked in the area.
The blast occurred shortly before noon near the administration block of the sprawling Jalozai camp, which houses both Afghan refugees and people displaced by recent fighting in the northwest. Noor Akbar, the official in-charge of the camp, told reporters that 12 people were killed. Two women and many children were among the dead. Officials at a nearby hospital said they had received 35 injured. Those in a serious condition were sent to Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. Officials said the explosive device was hidden in a car parked in the area.
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