Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Pakistan: Blast in DI Khan - 25 dead, several injured

Pakistan: Blast in DI Khan - 25 dead, several injured (NSI News Source Info) PESHAWAR August 19, 2008: A bomb went off in the compound of a hospital in Dera Ismail Khan on Tuesday killing 25 people and dozens other injured, a senior government official said."We don't know whether it was a suicide attack but the bomb went off in the compound. I have initial reports of 25 dead," said Syed Mohsin Shah, a senior city government official.Supporters of a Shia leader were protesting outside the hospital when the bomb went off. The Shia leader was shot dead earlier on Tuesday and his body taken to the hospital.

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