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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. | 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. | In February, 25 people were killed in a bomb attack on a funeral procession in the town, near Pakistan's restive tribal belt. |
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| The market attack comes amid a government offensive against Taliban militants in Pakistan's north-western provinces in which three people are believed to have been killed. | |
| Another bomb attack in January killed five people in the town. | 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. | Dera Ismail Khan has also been the scene of a number of deadly attacks targeted at the local Shia population since 2007. |
| In a separate development, Pakistani authorities are investigating reports of a suspected US military drone attack in south Waziristan near the border with Afghanistan. | |
| The area is known as a main stronghold of the Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, whose movement has acknowledged responsibility for a number of the recent suicide bombings in Pakistan, the BBC's Mike Woolridge, in Islamabad, said. | |
| Are you in Dera Ismail Khan? Did you witness the blast? | Are you in Dera Ismail Khan? Did you witness the blast? |
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