Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Pakistan car bomb blast kills 18: official

At least 18 people were killed and 35 wounded when a car bomb exploded in a busy market in the central Pakistani town of Dera Ghazi Khan on Tuesday, a senior health ministry official said.

"So far 18 people have died and around 35 people injured in the blast at the Khosa Market," District Health Officer of Dera Ghazi Khan, Doctor Pervez Haider Altaf, told AFP.

"We have declared a state of emergency and the hospital in the town has been crowded by the people looking for their relatives. Rescue efforts are still going on," he added.

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