02-07-2007, 01:44 AM
<b>Suicide attack at Islamabad airport, five injured </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Islamabad: A suicide attacker detonated a bomb in a parking area at the international airport that serves Islamabad on Tuesday night, killing himself and wounding at least five persons.
A security official stopped the bomber, who was on foot, said Mohammed Farooq, a senior police official at the central control room in Rawalpindi where the airport is located. After a brief exchange of fire, the attacker detonated the bomb, he said.
A PTI report said the <b>attacker carried grenades and a pistol and was heading towards the VIP section of the airport lobby when security personnel stopped him</b>.
He opened fire at the security personnel who retaliated, said Farooq, the Deputy Inspector General of Rawalpindi
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Not clear whether he was in lobby, or parking lot?
A security official stopped the bomber, who was on foot, said Mohammed Farooq, a senior police official at the central control room in Rawalpindi where the airport is located. After a brief exchange of fire, the attacker detonated the bomb, he said.
A PTI report said the <b>attacker carried grenades and a pistol and was heading towards the VIP section of the airport lobby when security personnel stopped him</b>.
He opened fire at the security personnel who retaliated, said Farooq, the Deputy Inspector General of Rawalpindi
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Not clear whether he was in lobby, or parking lot?