A bomb ripped through a vegetable and fruit market on the outskirts of the pakistani capital ISLAMABAD on wednesday morning killing at least 20 people and leaving dozens wounded.
The death was likely to rise, according to Dr. Aisha Eisani, the spokeswoman for the Pakistan Institute Of Medical Sciences where the dead and injured were taken, said the hospital had received 20 dead bosies and had reports from the police that more were coming.
The hospital was also treating 50 wounded people, Eisani said.
The bomb went off as morning shoppers were buying supplies from the market. The explosion sent cartons of fruits and vegetable flying.
The explosives approximately five kilograms (11 pounds) were hidden in a fruit carton said a police official, Yasin Malik.
Explosions rarely happen in the capital though it occurs frequently in other pakistan cities
For Islamabad, it was the deadliest attack since 3
March when a blast in a court complex killed 11
people.
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