At least eight people were killed and about 40 others were
injured Thursday morning when a bus carrying air force officials
was hit by a suicide attacker on a road in eastern Pakistani
province of Punjab, said the Pakistani Interior Ministry.
The bus was carrying trainee flying officers when it was
attacked by the suicide bomber in the Sargodha district of central
Punjab, said the ministry spokesman, Brigadier Javed Cheema.
"Eight air force officials died in the terrorist attack," Cheema
said, adding that around 40 were wounded.
"It was a suicide attack and the target was the bus which was
carrying the air force officials," chief military spokesman Major
General Waheed Arshad said.
Local press reports said that the bus caught fire after being
hit by a man on a bomb-rigged motorcycle.
A large number of ambulances gathered to rush the wounded to the
hospitals. All the area hospitals have declared emergency.
Sargodha is home to the largest air force base in Pakistan.
The whole area has been cordoned off with police and army not
allowing journalists trespassing the security cordon.
(Xinhua News Agency November 1, 2007)
