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Bomb attack targets Pakistan police
At least 18 people were killed and 56 injured in attack targeting police headquarters in country's northwest.
Last Modified: 07 Sep 2010 16:10 GMT
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Police say that most of the victims in the explosion were women and children At least 18 people have been killed and more than 56 injured in a car bomb attack targeting a police headquarters in Pakistan's northwestern city of Kohat in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province. "Most of the victims were women and children, and 10 houses were badly damaged," Khalid Khan, a top administrative official in Kohat, told AFP news agency.
"We have imposed an emergency in Kohat's hospitals," Khan added.
"It was a bomb blast but I can't say [more] about the nature of the bomb, as our focus is to rescue people."
Atta-Ur-Rehman, a doctor in Kohat's main hospital, said one body and 18 injured had been brought to his hospital.
Kohat is a garrison town close to the tribal areas of Khyber and Orakzai, known as major refuge for armed groups linked to al Qaeda and Taliban.
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