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Police say four Western aid workers are among at least seven people killed after a roadside bomb hit a convoy in north-west Pakistan. Three Western aid workers are among at least 10 people killed in an attack on a convoy heading to a girls' school in north-west Pakistan, officials said.
A group of journalists and aid workers was travelling in an army convoy to the opening of a girls' school in the Lower Dir area when it was hit. At least 70 people, including 63 school girls, were injured as the convoy was hit as it passed another girls' school in the Lower Dir district.
At least 45 people, including school girls, were injured in the blast. The attack comes amid a major government offensive against Taliban militants in the area.
Pakistani troops carried out a major offensive in the area last year to crush Taliban militants. The Taliban has frequently targeted markets, schools and security agencies.
The BBC's Mark Dummett says the convoy was heading to the inauguration ceremony of a new girls' school, but that the blast occurred near a different school. The BBC's Mark Dummett in Islamabad says the convoy was heading to the inauguration ceremony of a newly-built girls' school, but that the blast occurred near a different school in Koto, a heavily populated village along the route.
A powerful device was detonated as the convoy drove past a school in Koto, a heavily populated village along the route, injuring several children there. At least three of the dead were school girls, police said, adding that security guards and three local journalists were also among the wounded.
The convoy was on its way to Maidan, an area of Lower Dir district in North West Frontier Province, which is the base of a pro-Taliban cleric Maulana Sufi Mohammad, and a stronghold of Taliban militants.The convoy was on its way to Maidan, an area of Lower Dir district in North West Frontier Province, which is the base of a pro-Taliban cleric Maulana Sufi Mohammad, and a stronghold of Taliban militants.
Pakistani troops carried out a major offensive in the area last year to crush Taliban militants.
Hundreds of people have died and several thousand displaced by the fighting.