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| Bomb Kills 11 Relatives in Pakistan Tribal Belt |
| 2012-07-19 |
| [An Nahar] A bomb tore through a vehicle in Pakistain's northwestern tribal belt on Wednesday, killing 11 members of an extended family, including two children, officials said. The bomb went kaboom!in Sepoy village in Orakzai district, said senior administration official Zakir Hussain. "It was a remote-controlled bomb planted on the road. The bomb went kaboom!near a pick-up van carrying passengers," Hussain told Agence La Belle France Presse. The blast killed eight people, including two women, an 11-year-old boy and a three-year-old girl on the spot, he said, adding that four people were maimed. Three others later gave up the ghost in the hospital, and all the victims were close relatives, he added. "It was a thug attack, the aim was to create panic in the area by killing ordinary people," Hussain said. Orakzai is one of seven districts in Pakistain's tribal belt on the Afghan border that is home to Taliban and al-Qaeda strongholds. Washington has dubbed the area the most dangerous region on Earth. |
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