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07-17-2007, 11:27 AM
Report: Blast kills at least 7 people in Pakistan
Bomb strikes lawyers’ rally in Islamabad; suspended judge was to speak
BREAKING NEWS
MSNBC News Services
Updated: 8 minutes ago
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A powerful bomb exploded at a rally of lawyers in the Pakistan capital Tuesday, hours before the suspended chief justice was to address them, killing at least seven people and wounding several others, officials and eyewitnesses said.
Suspended Supreme Court judge Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry was heading toward the district court in Islamabad to address a rally when the bomb exploded, said Mohammed Riaz, a local police official.
Please check back for more on this developing story.
© 2007 MSNBC Interactive
Bad PR for the radicals. Could be the springboard for actually going after al-Qeada.
Bomb strikes lawyers’ rally in Islamabad; suspended judge was to speak
BREAKING NEWS
MSNBC News Services
Updated: 8 minutes ago
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A powerful bomb exploded at a rally of lawyers in the Pakistan capital Tuesday, hours before the suspended chief justice was to address them, killing at least seven people and wounding several others, officials and eyewitnesses said.
Suspended Supreme Court judge Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry was heading toward the district court in Islamabad to address a rally when the bomb exploded, said Mohammed Riaz, a local police official.
Please check back for more on this developing story.
© 2007 MSNBC Interactive
Bad PR for the radicals. Could be the springboard for actually going after al-Qeada.