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Suicide blasts kill 57 at Pakistan arms factory

Taliban claim responsibility

AFP, AP, Whh
TWo suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Pakistan's main military arms factory yesterday, killing 57 people and piling new pressure on the shaky coalition government to tackle militancy.
The attackers struck almost simultaneously as a crowd of workers was streaming out of the huge factor}’ complex in the northern town of Wah, near Islamabad. It is one of the country's most sensitive installations.
The 1bliban claimed responsibility for the attack, the second to rock Pakistan since Pervez
Musharraf resigned as president on Monday, and warned of further blasts if army operations near the Afghan border are not stopped.
M a u 1 v i Umar told T h e Associated Press that Thursday's attacks were in revenge for military air strikes in Bajaur, a militant stronghold near the Afghan border.
Umar said militants will carry out similar attacks in other major cities, including the capital Islamabad, unless the military halts its operations.
"It's a massive attack," local police chief Nasir Durrani told AFP. "l\vo men apparently blew themselves up outside the factory dur-
ing a shift change. The bombers were on foot and they exploded themselves less than a minute
He said that 57 people were confirmed dead and around 70 wounded.
The charred body of a bearded man, believed to be one of the bombers, lay on (he road outside one of the gates, an AFP journalist saw. A severed leg, abandoned shoes and several mangled bicycles were scattered nearby.
Dozens of troops, police and military rescue workers in orange jackets milled around the scene.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza
Gilani strongly condemned the attack and "directed the authorities to make efforts to expose the hidden hands behind the incident," the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan news agency said.
The Pakistani Ordnance Factories at Wah is a cluster of about 20 industrial units producing artillery, tank and anti-aircraft ammunition for the Pakistani armed forces. It employs around 25,000 to 30,000 workers.
It adjoins the historic city of Taxila where thousands of tourists come every year to visit ancient Buddhist ruins.