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One dead, 12 hurt in Bannu blast
A man threw a grenade into a religious gathering in Bannu on Thursday, killing one person and wounding 12, police said. The motive for the attack on the gathering organised by the Tableegi Jamaat group on Miranshah road, near Bannu airport was not immediately clear. The man threw the grenade after he was challenged at the entrance of the building where the meeting was being held, said town police officer Dar Ali Khan. The attacker was also wounded in the blast, he said. Militants, opposing President Pervez Musharrafs support for the US-led campaign in Afghanistan, have carried out attacks in Bannu and elsewhere in the country, but the Tableegi Jamaat preaching group has not been a target for militants. Four of the wounded were reported being in critical condition. Bannu DIG Hamza Masood told a TV channel that the suicide bomber had been arrested, and was being interrogated. Posted by: Fred 2007-06-22 |
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