Suicide bombers target ISI office in Multan in Pak; 12 killed
Terrorists target Pakistan's powerful ISI for the second time in less than a month as suicide bombers struck its office in eastern Multan city detonating their vehicle packed with up to 1,000 kg of explosives, killing at least 12 people and injuring 47 others.
The militants first drove to Qasim Bela area in Multan, the home town of Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Punjab province, in a truck and attacked security personnel manning a check post with small arms and rockets.
They then drove up to the ISI office situated within the high-security cantonment area and lobbed grenades before blowing up their explosives-laden vehicle, police said. Twelve people, including four soldiers and four children, were killed in the attack, said officials of the state-run emergency services.
Forty seven injured people, including women and children, were taken to three nearby hospitals. Four of them were in a serious condition.
This was the second attack targeting ISI in less than a month. On November 13, suicide bombers struck its operational headquarters in northwestern city of Peshawar, leaving 12 people dead and 65 injured.
Today's attack follows the suicide bombing at a crowded market in Lahore last night that killed 49 people and injured 180 others. Another suicide bomber blew himself up outside a court complex in Peshawar yesterday, killing 10 people.
