Aftermath of motocycle bomb that left one dead, 11 injured; hospital
(4 Jul 2008) SHOTLIST 1. Policemen in Quetta's main Jinnah road after the blast 2. Various mid of wrecked motorcycle 3. Policemen inspecting debris near smoke blackened wall 4. Smouldering utility pole 5. Blood and broken tiles on ground 6. Slippers and clothing among debris on ground 7. SOUNDBITE (English): Mohammad Akbar Arraeen, Quetta police chief: "The IED (Improvised Explosive Device) was planted in the motorcycle which exploded. As a result of this explosion there has been 10, more than 10 injuries. Only one is seriously injured, young girl of four-five years." 8. Exterior of Casualty ward of Sandeman Provincial Hospital in Quetta 9. Anxious relatives milling about ward 10. Various of wounded man being treated in hospital bed 11. Various of other injured men in hospital ward 12. Mid of staff and others standing around dead body of little girl who died in blast, body is wrapped in white and on a stretcher STORYLINE A bomb exploded on a busy street in the southwestern Pakistan city of Quetta on Friday, killing a four-year old girl and wounding 11 other people. The bomb was rigged to a motorcycle and it exploded outside a commercial bank, said Quetta police. Four of the wounded were traffic police on duty nearby, and others were passers-by, officers said. The explosion damaged windows of four cars parked in front of the bank and the wreckage of the motorcycle - to which police said the bomb was attached - lay scattered on the roadside. "The IED (Improvised Explosive Device) was planted in the motorcycle which exploded. As a result of this explosion there has been 10, more than 10 injuries. Only one is seriously injured, young girl of four-five years," police chief Mohammad Akbar Arraeen told AP Television. Later footage from Quetta's Sandeman Provincial Hospital however showed the body of the young girl, wrapped in white. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Quetta is the capital of southwestern Baluchistan province where authorities have blamed armed tribesmen for bombings and attacks against the government. Ethnic-Baluch tribesmen are waging a low-level insurgency to press calls for greater provincial autonomy and control over natural resources in Baluchistan. 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...
