International   

2 killed in Pak. blast

By B. Muralidhar Reddy

ISLAMABAD Nov. 15 . Two persons were killed and nine injured when a bomb ripped through a bus at Hyderabad in Sindh province of Pakistan today. Police said the bomb, kept under a seat, went off as the bus was about to leave a bus station around 9.30 a.m. Two of the nine injured were stated to be serious.

Authorities feel that the blast could be a retaliation to the execution around the same time of Aimal Kasi, a Pakistani convicted for murder of two CIA employees in 1993, in Virginia in the United States There have been protest demonstrations in parts of Pakistan against the execution.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

International

News: Front Page | National | Southern States | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous |
Advts: Classifieds | Employment | Obituary |

Stories in this Section

• We made 'serious mistakes' over Kashmir: Jack Straw
• Iraq: threat of war not over
• Hu takes over as party chief
• New team to carry on Jiang legacy
• First woman to head Congress caucus
• Journalist says Osama tape is genuine
• Russia, Iraq discuss new projects
• PA against fait accompli
• 'Bangla probe only for consolation'
• Arabs fear unilateral U.S. action
• A confrontation in the offing
• Musharraf to take fresh oath
• PA's charge against Norwegian envoy
• Oslo conference: Indian participation 'unlikely'
• 'Objectionable' pictures in book on India
• 2 killed in Pak. blast
• FBI warns of 'spectacular' Al Qaeda attack

Copyright © 2002, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu