Successive blasts injure 9 in Pakistan

The explosions took place on Wednesday in the gravesite of a Pashtun nationalist leader, Ajmal Khattak in the Akora Khattak city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, AFP reported.

“Initial investigations revealed that three-time devices had been planted in the tomb, which went off with a big bang, but nobody was injured,” local police official Hayat Ullah was quoted as saying.

Following the first explosion, journalists rushed to the blast scene to cover the incident when the second bomb exploded.

“The second blast occurred after more than one hour, injuring five policemen and four local television journalists,” the official said.

No one has claimed responsibility for the blasts yet.

Pakistani media say over 35,000 Pakistanis have lost their lives in bombings and other militant attacks since 2001 when Pakistan entered an alliance with the US in the so-called war on terror.

There has been a surge in the militant attacks since late 2009.

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