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Several dead in Pakistan bombing | Several dead in Pakistan bombing |
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A bomb blast has killed at least seven people at a market in the north-western Pakistani town of Dera Ismail Khan. | |
Many more people were wounded in the blast, reports said. | Many more people were wounded in the blast, reports said. |
"It seems the bomb was planted. At the moment, we have at least seven dead and 50 wounded," government official Syed Mohsin Shah was quoted by Reuters. | "It seems the bomb was planted. At the moment, we have at least seven dead and 50 wounded," government official Syed Mohsin Shah was quoted by Reuters. |
In February, 25 people were killed in a bomb attack on a funeral procession in the town, near Pakistan's restive tribal belt. | |
The attack comes amid a government offensive against Taliban militants in Pakistan's north-western provinces. | |
Another bomb attack in January killed five people in the town. | |
Dera Ismail Khan has also been the scene of a number of deadly attacks targeted at the local Shia population since 2007. | |
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