Twin bomb attacks on a paramilitary force academy in north-west Pakistan have killed 80 people, police say. The Pakistani Taliban said they carried out the attack to avenge the death of Osama Bin Laden earlier this month. – BBC

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The bombings happened as newly trained cadets from the Frontier Constabulary were getting into buses for a short leave after completing their course.

The Frontier Constabulary is used to police the regions bordering Pakistan’s tribal areas.

“Both attacks were suicide attacks,” said the police chief of Charsadda district, Nisar Khan Marwat.

“The first suicide bomber came on a motorcycle and detonated his vest among the Frontier Constabulary men,” AFP news agency quoted him as saying.

“When other [Frontier Constabulary] people came to the rescue to help their colleagues, the second bomber came on another motorcycle and blew himself up.”

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