Blast near Mush's army HQs: Kills 7
Islamabad,
Oct
30:
A
blast
was
heard
today
near
Pakistan
President
Pervez
Musharraf's
army
headquarters
in
the
city
of
Rawalpindi,
according
to
witnesses.
A suicide bomber killed seven people, including himself, in an attack today at a park in Rawalpindi, less than a kilometre away from Musharraf's army headquarters, Interior Ministry spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema said.
Musharraf, who was in his office at the time of the blast, was unhurt.
Two of the dead were policemen, manning a checkpoint on a road leading to the army headquarters.
''The blast took place near the house of the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff committee,'' Cheema said.
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Story first published: Tuesday, October 30, 2007, 14:36 [IST]