PESHAWAR: More than 50 people were killed Friday when twin suicide bombs attack targeted paramilitary police as they were about to be bussed home on leave from a training centre, police said.
The explosions detonated as newly trained cadets were getting into buses and coaches for a 10-day leave after their course, and they were wearing civilian clothes, said the police chief of the northwestern Charsadda district.
"Fifty-three people were killed and more than 30 were wounded. Most of those killed are paramilitary personnel," the police chief, Nisar Khan Marwat, said.
"The first bomb was a suicide attack. We are investigating the nature of the second bomb," he added.
Jahanzeb Khan, another senior police officer, also said more than 50 people including dozens of paramilitary personnel were killed.
The explosions detonated as newly trained cadets were getting into buses and coaches for a 10-day leave after their course, and they were wearing civilian clothes, said the police chief of the northwestern Charsadda district.
"Fifty-three people were killed and more than 30 were wounded. Most of those killed are paramilitary personnel," the police chief, Nisar Khan Marwat, said.
"The first bomb was a suicide attack. We are investigating the nature of the second bomb," he added.
Jahanzeb Khan, another senior police officer, also said more than 50 people including dozens of paramilitary personnel were killed.

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