October 16, 2009 4:52 AM

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Series of terror attacks rocks Pak, 40 killed

Pakistan was rattled by a deadly wave of terror attacks by suspected Taliban militants who stormed three security facilities in Lahore and carried out a suicide bombing at a police station in Kohat. The terrorists also triggered an explosion in the North West Frontier Provinces (NWFP) capital Peshawar, leaving at least 40 people dead.<br/><br/>Police said 18 people including 13 security personnel have been killed in coordinated attacks on provincial headquarters of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and two police training facilities in Punjab's capital Lahore by three groups of terrorists between 9.15 am and 9.40 am local time yesterday. Ten of the attackers were also gunned down by security forces or blew themselves up. One terrorist was captured alive from the FIA office.<br/><br/>In Kohat, a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into a police station at 8.45 am local time, killing 11 people and injuring 22 others. Three policemen and several school children were among the dead. <br/><br/>In Peshawar, a child died and 10 people were injured when an explosives-laden car parked in a government residential colony was triggered by a remote control device, nearly a week after 52 civilians were killed when a suicide bomber blew up his vehicle in a crowded market in the city. <br/><br/>

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