Pakistan - Bombings at busy market in north Pakistan kill 39 / Suicide attack on church kills at lea
(22 Sep 2013) 4:3 Bombings at busy market in north Pakistan kill 39 902319 AP TELEVISION Parachina - 26 July 2013 ++QUALITY AS INCOMING ++ 1. Wide of people looking at scene of blast, damaged motorbike on side of road 2. Mid of damaged motorbike 3. Mid of damaged car UPSOUND: ambulance siren Militants attack prison and free 253 prisoners, including 25 "dangerous terrorists" 902716 AP TELEVISION Dera Ismail Khan - 30 July 2013 4. Wide of soldiers outside Central Prison, Dera Ismail Khan 5. Mid of street 6. Mid of damaged prison wall +4:3 30 killed as bomber attacks funeral for policeman shot in front of children 904075 AP TELEVISION Quetta - 8 Aug 2013 ++16:9++ 7. Wide of destroyed ambulance, mosque in background 8. Wide of police officers at scene ++4:3++ 9. Wide of rescue workers lifting injured police officer on stretcher Zardari leaves Presidential Palace after holding office for a record five years 908313 AP TELEVISION Islamabad - 8 Sept 2013 10. Zoom in to outgoing Pakistani President, Asif Ali Zardari, riding in a ceremonial carriage 11. Wide of guard of honour Audio: Pakistani national anthem 12. Various of Zardari walking past guard of honour Suicide attack on church kills at least 52, over 100 wounded 910487 AP TELEVISION Peshawar - 22 Sept 2013 13. Wide of church, ambulance passes AUDIO siren 14. Pan from church to people gathered at the spot where the blast occurred 15. People gathered around the covered dead bodies STORYLINE: On July 26th a pair of bombs tore through crowds of shoppers at a busy market in Parachina, northern Pakistan, killing 39 people and wounding 70, officials said. The town of Parachinar sits in the Kurram tribal area that borders Afghanistan to the west. The two bombs ripped through the main bazaar in Parachinar when people were doing their evening shopping before the iftar meal that breaks the day of fasting during Ramadan, a police spokesman said. One bomb was believed to have been planted on a motorcycle and explosives experts were examining the site on the evening of July 26th, he added. The second bomb detonated about four minutes after the first, about 365 metres away from the initial blast, another government official explained. Iftikhar Hussain was in the area at the time of the explosions and helped transfer the victims into cars. "Approximately between 15 to 25 people were lying on the ground, 10 people died on the spot, another 15 were in critical condition," Hussain said. Dead bodies quickly overwhelmed Parachinar's hospital, as more than 100 people wounded in the blasts sought medical attention, said a doctor at the local hospital. Many of the wounded were lying on the hospital floor and on the lawn. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. The Kurram tribal region, like much of northwest Pakistan, has been rocked by violence for years. Taliban militants trying to overthrow the Pakistani government have carried out a vicious campaign of suicide bombings and shootings against Pakistan security forces and other targets. Parachinar is also home to a large number of Shiite Muslims, which are a minority sect in Pakistan. Many Sunni militants do not view Shiites as true Muslims, sparking repeated fatal attacks. *** On July 30th dozens of Taliban militants armed with guns, grenades and bombs attacked a prison in northwest Pakistan, freeing more than 250 prisoners, including 25 "dangerous terrorists," officials said. One of the Shiites was beheaded. Fifteen policemen were wounded, said Jadoon. *** Some 250 people gathered for the service. *** *** Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
