Bomb blast kills 5 policemen in Islamabad, Pakistan

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Saturday, April 4, 2009

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At least five policemen are dead after a bombing took place near the Frontier Corps check post in Margala Road, Islamabad, Pakistan. Reports conflict as to whether the attack was a suicide bombing, but Interior Advisor Rehman Malik told SAMAA TV that it was.

Police have cordoned off the area and the press is not being allowed within the zone of the attack.

SSP Tahir Alam told Geo Web TV that the attack took place at 10pm local time as police were taking dinner. Although initial reports stated that gunfire was exchanged, Alam said that security forces only fired into the air to scare off other potential attackers.

The attack comes less than two weeks after a March 23 bombing in Islamabad killed one police officer and injured another. Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud claimed responsibility for that attack; Mehsud also claimed responsibility earlier today for yesterday's shooting of 13 immigrants in Binghamton, New York, a claim the FBI has rejected.

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2009 Islamabad Frontier Corps post attack

• "Ten killed in Islamabad suicide attack". Aaj TV, April 4, 2009
• "Islamabad suicide blast kills 6 security men". GEO Web TV, April 4, 2009
• "SAMAA EXCLUSIVE - 5 dead in blast at FC camp in Islamabad". SAMAA TV, April 4, 2009
• "Bomb hits Islamabad police base". BBC News, April 4, 2009
• "FBI rejects Taliban US attack claim". Al Jazeera, April 4, 2009
  

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