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India-Pakistan
Former senior government official killed in Swabi blast
2011-11-08
[Dawn] A jacket wallah attacked a former government official in northwestern Pakistain, killing him and one of his guards, police said.

Police officer Ijaz Khan said the bomber detonated his explosives Monday morning as Malik Hanif Khan Jadoon was leaving a mosque in the Swabi district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
province.

He said Jadoon and his guard were killed and nine other people were maimed, including the former official's son.

Jadoon was a bigwig in Swabi and a member of the Awami National Party, whose members have often been targeted by the Pak Taliban.

He and his family had just finished morning prayers celebrating the Islamic holiday of Eidul Azha when the bomber struck.
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