10-19-2007, 02:43 AM
[center]<b><span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>At least 78 killed in Bhutto parade blasts : police</span></b>[/center]
KARACHI (AFP) - At least 78 people were killed, including 20 policemen, and more than 151 injured by two bombs near former premier Benazir Bhutto's truck during her Pakistan homecoming parade on Thursday, police said.
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<b>Bodies lie on a road in front of a vehicle carrying of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto</b>[/center]
"There were two massive explosions near Bhutto's vehicle. We have 78 people who have been killed and 151 injured so far," senior Karachi police officer Javed Ali told AFP.
"At least 20 of the dead were policemen who were in three police vans that were completely destroyed by the attack. Many of the injured are still in a critical condition," he added.
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