At least 80 people have died after double suicide bomb blasts at a Pakistani paramilitary police training centre, said to be in revenge for Osama bin Laden's killing.Pakistani Taliban militants have said they carried out the attacks, according to Reuters news agency.
"It's the first revenge for the martyrdom of... bin Laden. There will be more," Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said by telephone from an undisclosed location.
The atrocity has been condemned by Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and British Foreign Secretary William Hague.
It was the bloodiest attack in the country since a US raid killed al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden earlier this month.
Police officer Liaqat Ali Khan said 66 of the victims were recruits for the Frontier Corps, who were about to be bussed home from the centre. Read More
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