Suicide Attack in Kashmir Kills 3 Pakistani Soldiers

SALMAN MASOOD The New York Times 01/05/2010 21:00

A hospital staff attends to victims of a suicide bomb attack in an ambulance at the military hospital in Pakistan's administrator Kashmir, about 140 km (100 miles) northeast of Islamabad January 6, 2010.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — At least three soldiers were killed and 11 were wounded in a possible suicide attack in the Pakistani-controlled part of the disputed Kashmir region on Wednesday, according to Pakistani officials and news media outlets.

The attack took place at 6:50 a.m. outside the barracks of a military residential compound in Tararr Khal area of Rawalakot District, a picturesque valley along the border with India.

There was no claim of responsibility and Pakistani Army officials did not immediately comment on the nature of the blast.

“It is not clear whether it was a suicide attack or a remote controlled device,” a Pakistani Army spokesperson said. “We are vetting the information.”

But local news media reported that the explosion took place when a suicide bomber was stopped from entering into the military compound.

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