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Pakistan: Deadly blast hits Nowshera bakery | Pakistan: Deadly blast hits Nowshera bakery |
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At least 18 people have been killed in a bomb explosion in north-western Pakistan, officials say. | At least 18 people have been killed in a bomb explosion in north-western Pakistan, officials say. |
More than 30 people were wounded in the bombing at a bakery in the town of Nowshera, they said. | |
It followed a blast in another north-western town, Matani, which left six people dead. | |
Both attacks come after reports that a top al-Qaeda operative, Ilyas Kashmiri, had been killed in a US drone strike in the tribal region of South Waziristan. | |
Militants in Pakistan have vowed to avenge his reported killing, as well as the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. He was killed by US forces in a garrison city north of Islamabad on 2 May. | |
The head of the Nowshera bomb disposal squad, Tanvir Ahmed, said he believe the bombing there was a suicide attack. | |
"It was a huge blast," said Zakaullah Khan, the town's top government official. "It shattered the bakery and a restaurant nearby." | |
Witnesses in Nowshera, about 50km (30 miles) east of Peshawar, said they saw charred bodies lying on the ground. | |
At least two soldiers were reported to be among the dead. | |
A Taliban spokesman, Ehsanullah Ehsan, told the AFP news agency that the group was responsible for the bomb. | |
The Taliban have claimed responsibility for other recent attacks. | |
The bomb in Matani, about 20km (12 miles) south of Peshawar, was planted at a bus stop near a market where it hit a passenger vehicle earlier on Sunday, officials said. | |
At least 10 people were wounded. |
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