INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Authors: JordanA motorcycle-borne attacker targeted a Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission vehicle, killing 2Islamabad:
A vehicle of Pakistan's Atomic Energy Commission was today targeted by a motorcycle-borne attacker in a suicide blast in the northern
Punjab province, killing at least two persons and wounding more than a dozen others.The lone attacker first opened fire at the bus and later
detonated himself near the vehicle when it slowed at a speed breaker in Attock district, police said."The driver and a passerby were killed
while 13 people, mostly employees of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), got injured in the attack," he said.TV footage showed the
driver's side of the bus was badly damaged in the bombing.The security forces rushed to the scene and have cordoned off the area
They are ascertaining if the attacker had any accomplice, a police official said.No group has taken responsibility for the attack, but
Taliban terrorist groups have been involved in such targeted attacks in the past.Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has condemned the
attack.The PAEC is an independent public sector organisation concerned with research, development and promotion of nuclear science and
