A powerful bomb exploded at a crowded bazaar in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi on Friday, killing at least one person and wounding 15, police and government officials said.
Initially police only said it was an explosion but authorities later confirmed the blast was from a bomb that had been planted by the roadside near an electric pole in the Saddar neighborhood.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place while people were buying fruit from street vendors. The slain victim was a fruit seller. Among the 15 wounded were three children, police officer Mohammad Afzal, said.
Pakistan's security officials examine the site of a bomb explosion that ripped through a bazaar in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, June 12, 2020.(AP PhotoA.H. Chaudary)
Pakistani TV stations and videos on social media showed a road littered with fruit and broken glass from shop windows. Pakistan has witnessed scores of such attacks in recent years, but the violence has been contained in recent months.
The latest incident comes two weeks after suspected militants killed two policemen manning a roadside checkpoint in Rawalpindi, where the military's headquarters and offices of spy agencies are located.
DUBLIN (AP) — Curtis Campher ran a leg bye off the penultimate ball for Ireland to stun Pakistan by five wickets in a Twenty20 on Friday.
In their first T20 matchup since 2009, and just a month out from meeting again in the T20 World Cup, the Irish scored 183-5 in reply to Pakistan's 182-6.
Ireland set up its first T20 win over Pakistan by bowling well and fielding brilliantly. The home side engineered two run outs, and Campher and Barry McCarthy made two brilliant catches in the deep.
Fast bowler Craig Young conceded only 27 runs and dug out Babar Azam and Azam Khan in the same over as Pakistan got crucially bogged down in the middle overs.
Babar's 43-ball 57 and opener Saim Ayub's 29-ball 45 launched the visitors and Iftikhar Ahmed gave them a boost at the death with an unbeaten 37, including 17 in the last over.
But Ireland, coming off a 2-1 series loss to Afghanistan, was undeterred.
“We were happy to chase 180,” captain Paul Stirling said.
Opener Andy Balbirnie anchored the Irish with 77 off 55 balls including 10 boundaries.
Balbirnie and Harry Tector, 36 runs, took Ireland past 100. When Balbirnie was bowled by a Shaheen Shah Afridi full toss in the 19th over, Ireland needed 16 more runs from eight balls.
Campher knocked them off with 15 from seven balls.
The second of their three T20s is on Sunday.
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Ireland's Barry McCarthy celebrates after catching out Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman during the first T20 international at Castle Avenue Cricket Ground, Dublin, Ireland, Friday May 10, 2024. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)
Ireland's Andy Balbirnie reacts after being bowled out by Pakistan's Shaheen Shah Afridi during the first T20 international match between Ireland and Pakistan at Castle Avenue Cricket Ground, Dublin, Ireland, Friday May 10, 2024. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)
Ireland's Curtis Campher hits the winning run during the first T20 international match between Ireland and Pakistan at Castle Avenue Cricket Ground, Dublin, Ireland, Friday May 10, 2024. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)
