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Blast kills three children in Upper Dir
[Dawn] A bomb planted near a house in northwestern Pakistan exploded Wednesday after children playing nearby tried to open it, killing three of them, said police.Three boys - two brothers and their cousin aged between eight and twelve - were killed as they grazed their families' goats in Dir district, where the military last year embarked on an offensive to drive out Taliban fighters. The blast partly destroyed the house in Nanger Khani village in Upper Dir, an area near Pakistan's volatile Afghan border, said police official Gul Zameen Khan. "It was a timed device. Three children were killed on the spot. Apparently it is an act of terrorism. The militants want to create fear and terrify the residents," district police chief Raoof Khan told AFP. Posted by: Fred 2010-01-28 |
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