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India-Pakistan
10 killed in Khyber market blast
2010-07-17
Ten people, including children, were killed and 14 others injured when a bomb planted inside a shop went off in a market in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency on Friday, administration officials and residents said. "Ten people have been killed, including three children. Fourteen people were wounded in the blast," senior district official Shafeerullah Khan said.

Intelligence officials also confirmed the toll, saying three shops and four cars were destroyed. The commander of Lashkar-e-Islam was among those killed in the explosion, the residents said, adding that six people among those injured belonged to the same group."The timed device appeared to have been planted by a rival militia," the residents told Daily Times by phone. Meanwhile, in Hangu district, a remote-controlled bomb targeted a police vehicle, injuring four policemen and five civilians, District Police Officer Abdur Rashid Khan told reporters. He said the blast took place near Baghto Chowk on Tall Road.
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