Wah bombings stun women squash players

Pakistan News.Net
Thursday 21st August, 2008 (IANS)

Pakistani squash officials were Thursday making desperate attempts to save an international women's tournament from falling victim to a couple of bombings in Wah that killed more than 50 people.

Players from various countries including India, Egypt and Russia were in action at a squash complex just a stone's throw away from the Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) in Wah - an industrial town situated just 30 km away from capital Islamabad -- when a suicide bomber reportedly blew himself up at the main entrance to the facility, killing dozens of people.

The foreign players are in Wah to feature in the POF WISPA Open, a world ranking tournament that is sanctioned by the Women's International Squash Players Association (WISPA). It is one of the biggest women's squash event hosted by Pakistan on an annual basis.

A player competing in the tournament told IANS that all participants are very scared following the bombings and some of the them want to fly back home.

But a Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) official said that the tournament will continue in spite of the bombings.

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