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Suicide attack on Rawalpindi Pakistan

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A suicide attacker full of explosives collides his motorcycle with Bus full of HMC staff. News sources said that 31 patients were injured while one death is confirmed by the news sources that he was t
in Our World, on the 1st of July 2009
On Thursday evening at 16:30PST and (11:30GMT) while I was on my way to university. I was waiting at the traffic lights at Chour Chowk - Westridge Rawalpindi, l to open when it suddenly happened..........BOOM and the shock wave of the blast appeared to me while I wad in my car with my dad. We suddenly understood that it was an attack. We heard the sound of people crying. Then there was panic everywhere. Our side of the road was totally blocked. There were shattered mirrors everywhere on each side of the road. We were safe because our car was almost 250 yards behind. We couldn't see any damage, except police vans and police motorcycles and ambulances which were crossing on the right side of the road, which was blocked for public due to the situation. The emergency rescue paramedics came after 7 minutes and the media vans along with the police and the fire brigade. They blocked the whole road for almost one hour and then reopened it after taking DNA samples and taking the injured to hospitals in ambulances.

On Thursday evening at 16:30PST and (11:30GMT) while I was on my way to university. I was waiting at the traffic lights at Chour Chowk - Westridge Rawalpindi, l to open when it suddenly happened..........BOOM and the shock wave of the blast appeared to me while I wad in my car with my dad.

We suddenly understood that it was an attack. We heard the sound of people crying. Then there was panic everywhere. Our side of the road was totally blocked. There were shattered mirrors everywhere on each side of the road. We were safe because our car was almost 250 yards behind. We couldn't see any damage, except police vans and police motorcycles and ambulances which were crossing on the right side of the road, which was blocked for public due to the situation. The emergency rescue paramedics came after 7 minutes and the media vans along with the police and the fire brigade. They blocked the whole road for almost one hour and then reopened it after taking DNA samples and taking the injured to hospitals in ambulances.

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On Thursday evening at 16:30PST and (11:30GMT) while I was on my way to university. I was waiting at the traffic lights at Chour Chowk - Westridge Rawalpindi, l to open when it suddenly happened..........BOOM and the shock wave of the blast appeared to me while I wad in my car with my dad. We suddenly understood that it was an attack. We heard the sound of people crying. Then there was panic everywhere. Our side of the road was totally blocked. There were shattered mirrors everywhere on each side of the road. We were safe because our car was almost 250 yards behind. We couldn't see any damage, except police vans and police motorcycles and ambulances which were crossing on the right side of the road, which was blocked for public due to the situation. The emergency rescue paramedics came after 7 minutes and the media vans along with the police and the fire brigade. They blocked the whole road for almost one hour and then reopened it after taking DNA samples and taking the injured to hospitals in ambulances.

On Thursday evening at 16:30PST and (11:30GMT) while I was on my way to university. I was waiting at the traffic lights at Chour Chowk - Westridge Rawalpindi, l to open when it suddenly happened..........BOOM and the shock wave of the blast appeared to me while I wad in my car with my dad.

We suddenly understood that it was an attack. We heard the sound of people crying. Then there was panic everywhere. Our side of the road was totally blocked. There were shattered mirrors everywhere on each side of the road. We were safe because our car was almost 250 yards behind. We couldn't see any damage, except police vans and police motorcycles and ambulances which were crossing on the right side of the road, which was blocked for public due to the situation. The emergency rescue paramedics came after 7 minutes and the media vans along with the police and the fire brigade. They blocked the whole road for almost one hour and then reopened it after taking DNA samples and taking the injured to hospitals in ambulances.

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On Thursday evening at 16:30PST and (11:30GMT) while I was on my way to university. I was waiting at the traffic lights at Chour Chowk - Westridge Rawalpindi, l to open when it suddenly happened..........BOOM and the shock wave of the blast appeared to me while I wad in my car with my dad. We suddenly understood that it was an attack. We heard the sound of people crying. Then there was panic everywhere. Our side of the road was totally blocked. There were shattered mirrors everywhere on each side of the road. We were safe because our car was almost 250 yards behind. We couldn't see any damage, except police vans and police motorcycles and ambulances which were crossing on the right side of the road, which was blocked for public due to the situation. The emergency rescue paramedics came after 7 minutes and the media vans along with the police and the fire brigade. They blocked the whole road for almost one hour and then reopened it after taking DNA samples and taking the injured to hospitals in ambulances.

On Thursday evening at 16:30PST and (11:30GMT) while I was on my way to university. I was waiting at the traffic lights at Chour Chowk - Westridge Rawalpindi, l to open when it suddenly happened..........BOOM and the shock wave of the blast appeared to me while I wad in my car with my dad.

We suddenly understood that it was an attack. We heard the sound of people crying. Then there was panic everywhere. Our side of the road was totally blocked. There were shattered mirrors everywhere on each side of the road. We were safe because our car was almost 250 yards behind. We couldn't see any damage, except police vans and police motorcycles and ambulances which were crossing on the right side of the road, which was blocked for public due to the situation. The emergency rescue paramedics came after 7 minutes and the media vans along with the police and the fire brigade. They blocked the whole road for almost one hour and then reopened it after taking DNA samples and taking the injured to hospitals in ambulances.

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On Thursday evening at 16:30PST and (11:30GMT) while I was on my way to university. I was waiting at the traffic lights at Chour Chowk - Westridge Rawalpindi, l to open when it suddenly happened..........BOOM and the shock wave of the blast appeared to me while I wad in my car with my dad. We suddenly understood that it was an attack. We heard the sound of people crying. Then there was panic everywhere. Our side of the road was totally blocked. There were shattered mirrors everywhere on each side of the road. We were safe because our car was almost 250 yards behind. We couldn't see any damage, except police vans and police motorcycles and ambulances which were crossing on the right side of the road, which was blocked for public due to the situation. The emergency rescue paramedics came after 7 minutes and the media vans along with the police and the fire brigade. They blocked the whole road for almost one hour and then reopened it after taking DNA samples and taking the injured to hospitals in ambulances.

On Thursday evening at 16:30PST and (11:30GMT) while I was on my way to university. I was waiting at the traffic lights at Chour Chowk - Westridge Rawalpindi, l to open when it suddenly happened..........BOOM and the shock wave of the blast appeared to me while I wad in my car with my dad.

We suddenly understood that it was an attack. We heard the sound of people crying. Then there was panic everywhere. Our side of the road was totally blocked. There were shattered mirrors everywhere on each side of the road. We were safe because our car was almost 250 yards behind. We couldn't see any damage, except police vans and police motorcycles and ambulances which were crossing on the right side of the road, which was blocked for public due to the situation. The emergency rescue paramedics came after 7 minutes and the media vans along with the police and the fire brigade. They blocked the whole road for almost one hour and then reopened it after taking DNA samples and taking the injured to hospitals in ambulances.

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On Thursday evening at 16:30PST and (11:30GMT) while I was on my way to university. I was waiting at the traffic lights at Chour Chowk - Westridge Rawalpindi, l to open when it suddenly happened..........BOOM and the shock wave of the blast appeared to me while I wad in my car with my dad. We suddenly understood that it was an attack. We heard the sound of people crying. Then there was panic everywhere. Our side of the road was totally blocked. There were shattered mirrors everywhere on each side of the road. We were safe because our car was almost 250 yards behind. We couldn't see any damage, except police vans and police motorcycles and ambulances which were crossing on the right side of the road, which was blocked for public due to the situation. The emergency rescue paramedics came after 7 minutes and the media vans along with the police and the fire brigade. They blocked the whole road for almost one hour and then reopened it after taking DNA samples and taking the injured to hospitals in ambulances.

On Thursday evening at 16:30PST and (11:30GMT) while I was on my way to university. I was waiting at the traffic lights at Chour Chowk - Westridge Rawalpindi, l to open when it suddenly happened..........BOOM and the shock wave of the blast appeared to me while I wad in my car with my dad.

We suddenly understood that it was an attack. We heard the sound of people crying. Then there was panic everywhere. Our side of the road was totally blocked. There were shattered mirrors everywhere on each side of the road. We were safe because our car was almost 250 yards behind. We couldn't see any damage, except police vans and police motorcycles and ambulances which were crossing on the right side of the road, which was blocked for public due to the situation. The emergency rescue paramedics came after 7 minutes and the media vans along with the police and the fire brigade. They blocked the whole road for almost one hour and then reopened it after taking DNA samples and taking the injured to hospitals in ambulances.

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On Thursday evening at 16:30PST and (11:30GMT) while I was on my way to university. I was waiting at the traffic lights at Chour Chowk - Westridge Rawalpindi, l to open when it suddenly happened..........BOOM and the shock wave of the blast appeared to me while I wad in my car with my dad.

We suddenly understood that it was an attack. We heard the sound of people crying. Then there was panic everywhere. Our side of the road was totally blocked. There were shattered mirrors everywhere on each side of the road. We were safe because our car was almost 250 yards behind. We couldn't see any damage, except police vans and police motorcycles and ambulances which were crossing on the right side of the road, which was blocked for public due to the situation. The emergency rescue paramedics came after 7 minutes and the media vans along with the police and the fire brigade. They blocked the whole road for almost one hour and then reopened it after taking DNA samples and taking the injured to hospitals in ambulances.

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On Thursday evening at 16:30PST and (11:30GMT) while I was on my way to university. I was waiting at the traffic lights at Chour Chowk - Westridge Rawalpindi, l to open when it suddenly happened..........BOOM and the shock wave of the blast appeared to me while I wad in my car with my dad. We suddenly understood that it was an attack. We heard the sound of people crying. Then there was panic everywhere. Our side of the road was totally blocked. There were shattered mirrors everywhere on each side of the road. We were safe because our car was almost 250 yards behind. We couldn't see any damage, except police vans and police motorcycles and ambulances which were crossing on the right side of the road, which was blocked for public due to the situation. The emergency rescue paramedics came after 7 minutes and the media vans along with the police and the fire brigade. They blocked the whole road for almost one hour and then reopened it after taking DNA samples and taking the injured to hospitals in ambulances.
On Thursday evening at 16:30PST and (11:30GMT) while I was on my way to university. I was waiting at the traffic lights at Chour Chowk - Westridge Rawalpindi, l to open when it suddenly happened..........BOOM and the shock wave of the blast appeared to me while I wad in my car with my dad. We suddenly understood that it was an attack. We heard the sound of people crying. Then there was panic everywhere. Our side of the road was totally blocked. There were shattered mirrors everywhere on each side of the road. We were safe because our car was almost 250 yards behind. We couldn't see any damage, except police vans and police motorcycles and ambulances which were crossing on the right side of the road, which was blocked for public due to the situation. The emergency rescue paramedics came after 7 minutes and the media vans along with the police and the fire brigade. They blocked the whole road for almost one hour and then reopened it after taking DNA samples and taking the injured to hospitals in ambulances.
On Thursday evening at 16:30PST and (11:30GMT) while I was on my way to university. I was waiting at the traffic lights at Chour Chowk - Westridge Rawalpindi, l to open when it suddenly happened..........BOOM and the shock wave of the blast appeared to me while I wad in my car with my dad. We suddenly understood that it was an attack. We heard the sound of people crying. Then there was panic everywhere. Our side of the road was totally blocked. There were shattered mirrors everywhere on each side of the road. We were safe because our car was almost 250 yards behind. We couldn't see any damage, except police vans and police motorcycles and ambulances which were crossing on the right side of the road, which was blocked for public due to the situation. The emergency rescue paramedics came after 7 minutes and the media vans along with the police and the fire brigade. They blocked the whole road for almost one hour and then reopened it after taking DNA samples and taking the injured to hospitals in ambulances.
On Thursday evening at 16:30PST and (11:30GMT) while I was on my way to university. I was waiting at the traffic lights at Chour Chowk - Westridge Rawalpindi, l to open when it suddenly happened..........BOOM and the shock wave of the blast appeared to me while I wad in my car with my dad. We suddenly understood that it was an attack. We heard the sound of people crying. Then there was panic everywhere. Our side of the road was totally blocked. There were shattered mirrors everywhere on each side of the road. We were safe because our car was almost 250 yards behind. We couldn't see any damage, except police vans and police motorcycles and ambulances which were crossing on the right side of the road, which was blocked for public due to the situation. The emergency rescue paramedics came after 7 minutes and the media vans along with the police and the fire brigade. They blocked the whole road for almost one hour and then reopened it after taking DNA samples and taking the injured to hospitals in ambulances.
On Thursday evening at 16:30PST and (11:30GMT) while I was on my way to university. I was waiting at the traffic lights at Chour Chowk - Westridge Rawalpindi, l to open when it suddenly happened..........BOOM and the shock wave of the blast appeared to me while I wad in my car with my dad. We suddenly understood that it was an attack. We heard the sound of people crying. Then there was panic everywhere. Our side of the road was totally blocked. There were shattered mirrors everywhere on each side of the road. We were safe because our car was almost 250 yards behind. We couldn't see any damage, except police vans and police motorcycles and ambulances which were crossing on the right side of the road, which was blocked for public due to the situation. The emergency rescue paramedics came after 7 minutes and the media vans along with the police and the fire brigade. They blocked the whole road for almost one hour and then reopened it after taking DNA samples and taking the injured to hospitals in ambulances.