The 4 September 2007 Rawalpindi bombings refer to the incident on 4 September 2007 in which

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s attacked a bus carrying

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workers in a

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Rawalpindi Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...

. It is estimated to have killed 25 people and injured 68. Police increased security in the nearby Pakistani capital of

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Events

The bombs exploded after 7:20 am near the army General Headquarters and other top military sites. One attack was aimed at a Defence Ministry bus picking up army staff passengers and an explosives-laden

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caused the second attack, near a

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Bus attack

At 7:20 am, the front of a bus carrying army staff passengers exploded, blowing off the vehicle's roof and destroying all but the rearmost seats. Although

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spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema referred to the attack as a suicide bombing, a local police officer stated the bomb might have been previously planted.

Motorcycle

Approximately fifteen minutes after the first blast, a

crashed a motorcycle into nearby vehicles, killing at least one

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Suspects

Preliminary investigations concerning the September 2007 bombings in Rawalpindi note that the

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figure Baitullah Mehsud is the primary suspect behind the attacks.Baitullah Mehsud behind attacks in Rawalpindi
, ''Daily India''

References

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