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| Six dead in Pakistan market blast: officials |
| 2008-12-05 |
| A car bomb exploded Friday near a busy market in one of Pakistan's lawless northwest tribal areas, killing at least six people and wounding 12 others, local officials said. The blast in the mountainous Orakzai tribal district came as shoppers prepared for Eid celebrations, local government official Ahmad Ali told AFP. "Six people were killed and 12 wounded in the blast," a security official told AFP, adding that the bomb appeared to have been detonated remotely. Three people were killed instantly and three more died of their injuries in hospital. The blast occurred in an area dominated by the minority Shiite Muslim community, the official said, indicating it could be linked to ongoing sectarian unrest in the region. "The bomb was apparently planted in a car parked under a bridge adjoining the market and went off when the place was full of Shiite shoppers. It also destroyed several shops," the official said. |
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