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| Deadly blast at election rally in north-west Pakistan | Deadly blast at election rally in north-west Pakistan |
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| At least two people are reported to have died in an explosion at an election rally in north-west Pakistan. | At least two people are reported to have died in an explosion at an election rally in north-west Pakistan. |
| The blast is believed to have happened near the stage at a rally of Jamaat Ulema Islam, a religious party, in the tribal Kurram region. | |
| Dozens of people are reported to have been injured. | |
| This is the latest in a string of attacks on parties and candidates since campaigning began last month for the general election on 11 May. | This is the latest in a string of attacks on parties and candidates since campaigning began last month for the general election on 11 May. |
| Many of the attacks, but not all, have been against secular parties, the BBC's Mike Wooldridge reports from Islamabad. | |
| Kurram is one of Pakistan's seven tribal regions close to the border with Afghanistan, dominated by militant groups linked to the Taliban or al-Qaeda. | |
| It has frequently been the scene of sectarian violence between the country's Sunni Muslim majority and the Shia minority. |