(New York Times) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf escaped an assassination attempt Thursday, the second in 11 days, when two suicide bombers plowed their vehicles into his motorcade and detonated car bombs, killed at least 14 people and wounding 46. Describing the incident, Musharraf said the first suicide bomber had driven out of a gas station toward his car. A policeman tried to stop the car, and the bomber exploded the vehicle. "We increased the speed, but another bomb exploded at another petrol pump a few yards ahead of the first explosion," he said. "Debris of the blasted vehicle fell on my car, but Allah saved us," he said.
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