Pakistan bombings: Taliban admits Shabqadar attacks
Twin bomb attacks on a paramilitary force academy in north-west Pakistan have killed 80 people, police say.
At least 120 people were wounded in the blasts at the training centre for the Frontier Constabulary in Shabqadar, Charsadda district.
After early suspicions that one of the bombs was planted, police said both blasts were suicide attacks.
The Pakistani Taliban said they carried out the attack to avenge the death of Osama Bin Laden earlier this month.
The al-Qaeda leader was killed during a US commando raid in the northern Pakistani town of Abbottabad on 2 May.
Friday's attack came hours before army chiefs appeared before parliament to explain their actions over Bin Laden's death.
The bombings happened as newly trained cadets from the Frontier Constabulary were getting into buses for a short period of leave after completing their course.
The Frontier Constabulary is used to police the regions bordering Pakistan's tribal areas.
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At least 120 people were wounded in the blasts at the training centre for the Frontier Constabulary in Shabqadar, Charsadda district.
After early suspicions that one of the bombs was planted, police said both blasts were suicide attacks.
The Pakistani Taliban said they carried out the attack to avenge the death of Osama Bin Laden earlier this month.
The al-Qaeda leader was killed during a US commando raid in the northern Pakistani town of Abbottabad on 2 May.
Friday's attack came hours before army chiefs appeared before parliament to explain their actions over Bin Laden's death.
The bombings happened as newly trained cadets from the Frontier Constabulary were getting into buses for a short period of leave after completing their course.
The Frontier Constabulary is used to police the regions bordering Pakistan's tribal areas.
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Read the rest of the article at the BBC.