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| Pakistan attack: Bomb kills 17 in Peshawar | |
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| A powerful blast has killed at least 17 people in the north-western city of Peshawar in Pakistan, officials say. | |
| The bomb attack was aimed at a convoy of paramilitary forces, they said. More than 40 people were wounded, and vehicles and shops damaged. | |
| Peshawar is on the edge of Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal region - the main militant haven from which attacks are often launched. | Peshawar is on the edge of Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal region - the main militant haven from which attacks are often launched. |
| It has been hit by dozens of bombings and killings over recent years. | It has been hit by dozens of bombings and killings over recent years. |
| Last Monday, a senior police and his driver were shot dead in the city. Three days earlier, a suicide bomb attack on a neighbourhood populated by some of the city's minority Shia Muslims killed 15. | Last Monday, a senior police and his driver were shot dead in the city. Three days earlier, a suicide bomb attack on a neighbourhood populated by some of the city's minority Shia Muslims killed 15. |
| No-one has yet claimed responsibility for Sunday's bombing, but suspicion will probably fall on the Taliban, which has been waging a bloody insurgency against the government. | No-one has yet claimed responsibility for Sunday's bombing, but suspicion will probably fall on the Taliban, which has been waging a bloody insurgency against the government. |
| The attack comes during a two-day visit to Pakistan by the British Prime Minister David Cameron - who earlier called for the Taliban to engage in peace talks, as long as they renounced tactics of "terror and violence". | The attack comes during a two-day visit to Pakistan by the British Prime Minister David Cameron - who earlier called for the Taliban to engage in peace talks, as long as they renounced tactics of "terror and violence". |
| Although Sunday's blast apparently targeted security forces, only one vehicle in the convoy was hit and many of the dead and injured were civilians, including women and children, reports said. | Although Sunday's blast apparently targeted security forces, only one vehicle in the convoy was hit and many of the dead and injured were civilians, including women and children, reports said. |
| The explosion was followed by an exchange of fire between Frontier Corps - paramilitary soldiers - and the armed assailants, reported Pakistani newspaper the Express Tribune. | The explosion was followed by an exchange of fire between Frontier Corps - paramilitary soldiers - and the armed assailants, reported Pakistani newspaper the Express Tribune. |