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Apr 5, 2010
US consulate attacked
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Local TV footage showed soldiers taking up defensive positions on the road outside the consulate. One soldier hit the ground in the middle of the road and began firing as a large explosion sent up a plume of grey smoke nearby. -- PHOTO: AFP
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PESHAWAR (Pakistan) - POLICE and witnesses said three large explosions have taken place close to the US consulate in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar.
Police officer Aziz Khan says gunfire is also being heard close to the heavily guarded and fortified building in Peshawar.
The attack came hours after a suspected suicide bomber hit a political rally elsewhere in the troubled region, killing 36.
Gunfire was also heard close to the heavily guarded and fortified building in Peshawar, said police officer Aziz Khan.
Two of the blasts took place around 20 yards (metres) from the main entrance to the building, an Associated Press reporter close to the scene said.
The US Embassy in Islamabad said it could not comment.
Local TV footage showed soldiers taking up defensive positions on the road outside the consulate. One soldier hit the ground in the middle of the road and began firing as a large explosion sent up a plume of grey smoke nearby.
Rescue workers carried at least one wounded man away on a stretcher, his clothing soaked with blood. -- AP
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US consulate attacked
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PESHAWAR (Pakistan) - POLICE and witnesses said three large explosions have taken place close to the US consulate in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar.
Police officer Aziz Khan says gunfire is also being heard close to the heavily guarded and fortified building in Peshawar.
The attack came hours after a suspected suicide bomber hit a political rally elsewhere in the troubled region, killing 36.
Gunfire was also heard close to the heavily guarded and fortified building in Peshawar, said police officer Aziz Khan.
Two of the blasts took place around 20 yards (metres) from the main entrance to the building, an Associated Press reporter close to the scene said.
The US Embassy in Islamabad said it could not comment.
Local TV footage showed soldiers taking up defensive positions on the road outside the consulate. One soldier hit the ground in the middle of the road and began firing as a large explosion sent up a plume of grey smoke nearby.
Rescue workers carried at least one wounded man away on a stretcher, his clothing soaked with blood. -- AP
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