By IANS,
Peshawar : At least 13 people were killed Friday when a suicide bomber struck near the office of the Pakistani spy agency ISI in this North West Frontier Province (NWFP) capital and another detonated himself at a police station in the province’s Bannu area.
Pakistan has been struck by a series of terror attacks since Oct 5, when the latest wave of violence was unleashed by Taliban which is battling the army in mountainous South Waziristan. Peshawar itself has seen seven attacks in this period, killing 211 people and injuring more than 400, including Friday’s attack.
Peshawar had witnessed this year’s worst terror attack Oct 28 when a massive explosion in a crowded market killed 117 people and injured over 200.
On Friday morning, 10 people were killed and 30 injured in the powerful suicide bomb blast outside the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) office.
Inspector General of Police Malik Naveed said it was a suicide blast in which 10 people, including security personnel, were killed and more than 30 were wounded, Geo News reported.
The suicide bomber, who was travelling in a car, was trying to reach the intelligence agency’s office located at Kyber Road.
The bomber blew himself up when he was stopped at a security checkpost.
The massive explosion, which was heard throughout the city, almost completely destroyed the building.
The injured were taken to Lady Reading Hospital and Combined Military Hospital.
In the second suicide bombing, three people were killed and 25 wounded in a suicide bombing at a police station in NWFP’s Bannu district.
The suicide bomber rammed his car into Bakka Khel police station building at Rangsa Road in Bannu, Geo News reported.
The police station building was completely destroyed in the attack.
The wounded, including Station House Officer Riaz Khatak, were taken to district headquarter hospital Bannu.
Peshawar has borne the brunt of the terror strikes in Pakistan since early October.
On Oct 9, 50 people were killed in a bomb explosion. Less than a week later Oct 15, one person died in a blast while the very next day 15 people were killed in a major explosion. While Oct 23 blast left 15 people injured, five days later saw the horrific bombing in bustling Meena Bazar where 117 people died.
This month Nov 8, the Taliban struck again with a bombing that left 18 people dead and 39 wounded.