Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Twin blasts in ISI office in Pakistan's Punjab province (08/12/09)
Islamabad, Dec 8 (PTI) Two blasts ripped through an ISI office within Multan cantonment in Pakistan's Punjab province today, injuring several people.
The first blast occurred shortly before noon and was followed soon by a more powerful explosion, witnesses said.
Military police cordoned off the area and prevented people and the media from approaching the site of the blast.
Zafar Ahir, an editor of Jang newspaper who witnessed the blasts, said the target of the attack was an ISI office.
"More than half of the ISI office has been destroyed.
I saw the building blow up," he told Geo News channel.
Several injured persons were taken by ambulances to nearby hospitals, where authorities declared an emergency.
? ? Geo News aired mobile phone footage shot by a passer-by which showed the facade of one building was completely destroyed by the blasts.
Several nearby buildings were also damaged.
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