A roadside bomb exploded near a police station in the Pakistani garrison c
ity of Rawalpindi on Sunday,
wounding at least 23 people, police said.
Initially police said a hand grenade was thrown near a water filtration plant across the road from the police station, but a senior Rawalpindi police officer Ahsan Younas later confirmed the blast was from a device planted on the side of the road.
Police said three of the casualties received deep wounds, while others were given medical care and discharged from
the hospital.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the explosion.
A similar roadside bombing struck Rawalpindi earlier this month, killing one person and
wounding seven others near a busy bus terminal. In June, a roadside bom
b went off in a crowded bazaar in the city, killing one and
wounding 15.
Pakistan has witnessed scores of militant attacks on security forces and other targets in recent years.
In October, a powerful bomb blast killed at least eigh
t students and wounded 136 others at an Islamic seminary on the outskirts of the northwestern c
ity of Peshawar.
