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Bomb Kills Seven People in Pakistan
[AnNahar] At least seven people were killed and three maimed when their vehicle hit a roadside kaboom in northwest Pakistain on Tuesday in a suspected sectarian attack, officials said.The incident took place when a Datsun pick-up truck hit an IED near Parachinar, the main town of Kurram tribal agency which lies along the Afghan border and is a hotbed of both Taliban-linked and Sunni-Shiite violence. "It was a roadside IED, four people was struck down in his prime while three others died in the hospital," Maqsood Hassan, a local government official told Agence La Belle France Presse. An intelligence official confirmed the incident, adding that the vehicle was carrying people from a Sunni Moslem dominated area while the bomb was went kaboom!in a Shiite area. "Apparently it was a sectarian attack," he said. His account was also confirmed by a resident. Kurram is frequently the scene of sectarian violence between Pakistain's Sunni Moslem majority and Shiite minority. Posted by: trailing wife 2014-06-04 |
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