Three policemen were among seven persons killed in a suicide
attack near the army house in the eastern Pakistani city of
Rawalpindi Tuesday, Interior Ministry spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema
said.
He said at a press briefing that the death toll in the blast has
reached to seven, including three policemen. The head of suicide
attacker has been found, which was of a fair color man between 19
to 23 years old, he added.
He said that attaching suicide attacks with the Lal Masjid (Red
Mosque) incident was incorrect. "The police were the target in the
Rawalpindi attack," he added.
Earlier, Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that the
government had recently received information that suicide bombers
had entered Islamabad and Rawalpindi, adding that they might be
behind the blast.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The security was tightened in the capital Islamabad and
Rawalpindi after the blast.
Meanwhile, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was presiding
over a high-level meeting Tuesday in the army house, where his
residence is situated, according to local press reports.
Provincial governors, chief ministers and other top officials
are attending the meeting at the presidential camp office.
Law and order, upcoming general elections, and the caretaker
setup are issues under discussion in the meeting, said the
reports.
(Xinhua News Agency October 31, 2007)
