Pakistani General Killed in Bomb Attack
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ISLAMABAD — A bomb exploded on a busy road near Pakistan’s capital today, killing an army general and two other people, state television reported.
The blast occurred on Mall Road, a busy thoroughfare in Rawalpindi, a city just south of Islamabad where the Pakistani military has its headquarters.
The army’s surgeon general, Lieutenant General Mushtaq Baig, was reported killed along with his driver and a guard.
