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13/05/2011
'Osama Revenge' Claims 80 Lives In Pakistan
A double suicide bomb attack in Pakistan has claimed 80 lives in north-west Pakistan on Friday.
The Pakistani arm of the Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing, claiming it was in response to the killing of Osama Bin Laden by American secret services on May 2.
The bombing was directed at Pakistani state police and killed a number of young recruits boarding buses at the gates of a military academy at Frontier Corps base in Charsadda at 6am on Friday.
According to reports this morning, the young troops were preparing to return home after a nine-month training course, when two suspected suicide bombers struck.
A Taliban spokesman told CNN:"This is the retaliation for the killing of Osama bin Laden. Pakistani and US forces should be ready for more attacks."
The Taliban said the attack was "the first of many".
So far at least 80 people – 66 of them military recruits – are confirmed dead and more than 100 injured. The death toll is expected to rise.
The British foreign secretary, William Hague, condemned the attack as "cowardly and indiscriminate, killing many innocent bystanders and targeting those who serve to protect Pakistan".
(DW/GK)
The Pakistani arm of the Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing, claiming it was in response to the killing of Osama Bin Laden by American secret services on May 2.
The bombing was directed at Pakistani state police and killed a number of young recruits boarding buses at the gates of a military academy at Frontier Corps base in Charsadda at 6am on Friday.
According to reports this morning, the young troops were preparing to return home after a nine-month training course, when two suspected suicide bombers struck.
A Taliban spokesman told CNN:"This is the retaliation for the killing of Osama bin Laden. Pakistani and US forces should be ready for more attacks."
The Taliban said the attack was "the first of many".
So far at least 80 people – 66 of them military recruits – are confirmed dead and more than 100 injured. The death toll is expected to rise.
The British foreign secretary, William Hague, condemned the attack as "cowardly and indiscriminate, killing many innocent bystanders and targeting those who serve to protect Pakistan".
(DW/GK)
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