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| Five police and two civilians have been killed in a suspected suicide attack in north-west Pakistan, police say. | Five police and two civilians have been killed in a suspected suicide attack in north-west Pakistan, police say. |
| Local government officials said the attack happened outside a college in the town of Dera Ismail Khan where paramilitary troops had been stationed. | Local government officials said the attack happened outside a college in the town of Dera Ismail Khan where paramilitary troops had been stationed. |
| At least 25 others were wounded in the blast, in which police were targeted as they investigated a minor explosion. | At least 25 others were wounded in the blast, in which police were targeted as they investigated a minor explosion. |
| Dera Ismail Khan is close to Pakistan's restive tribal areas and has in the past seen sectarian violence. | |
| It has witnessed strife between Pakistan's majority Sunnis and minority Shias. | |
| Hundreds of people have been killed in a wave of suicide and other attacks over the past 18 months. |