Death toll hits 29 in NW Pakistan blast

2009-10-12 18:33 BJT

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A blast in Pakistan's Shangla district, North-West Frontier province, has left 29 dead.

According to police, more than 40 people have been wounded. It is the latest in a string of major attacks in Pakistan.

A helicopter hovers over a Pakistani soldier after the attack on the entrance of army headquarters in Rawalpindi on October 10. Commandos stormed Pakistan's army headquarters Sunday ending a day-long hostage drama and freeing 39 people held by militants who brazenly struck at the heart of the military establishment.(AFP/Farooq Naeem) 
A helicopter hovers over a Pakistani soldier 
after the attack on the entrance of army 
headquarters in Rawalpindi on October 10. 
A blast in Pakistan's Shangla district,
North-West Frontier province, has left 29
dead.(AFP/Farooq Naeem)