Twin blasts hit Wah Cantt; 60 dead, more than 100 injured

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside country’s main defence industry complex near Texila on Thursday killing up to 60 peoples and injuring more than 100.

“More than 60 people have been killed in two blasts,” said police officer Sardar Shahbaz at the scene outside the industrial complex in Wah, 30 km (20 miles) northwest of Islamabad. “I can see several bodies,” he said.

Wah is home to Pakistan’s main defence industry complex where about 25,000 workers produce explosives, ordnance and weapons in about 15 factories. One of the bombers blew himself up outside the complex’s main gate while the second detonated his explosives at almost the same time near another gate, Shahbaz said.

According to reports one bomber blew himself up among workers coming out of the complex.

Soldiers cordoned off the area and kept reporters back as ambulances arrived to take away casualties, a witness said.