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Bombs kill dozens in Pakistan as Sharif vows action | |
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At least 45 people have been killed and dozens have been injured by bomb attacks in the Pakistani cities of Quetta and Peshawar. | |
A suspected suicide bomber killed 28 people in an attack on a Shia area of Quetta, in the south-west, which has been gripped by sectarian violence. | |
And a bomb attack on security forces in Peshawar in the north-west left 17 people dead and more than 40 injured. | |
The attacks came as PM Nawaz Sharif pledged new action on terrorism. | |
So far it is not clear which extremist groups were behind Sunday's attacks, the BBC's Richard Galpin reports. | |
Over the past two weeks they have also targeted women students, foreign mountaineers and a convoy carrying a senior judge. | |
Mr Sharif is under mounting pressure to explain how he intends stopping the bloodshed, our correspondent says. | |
'Bicycle bomber' | |
In Quetta, members of the Shia Muslim minority have long been targeted by Sunni Muslim militants. | |
On Sunday evening, a suicide bomber on a bicycle tried to attack a Shia mosque but was intercepted at a checkpoint where the bomb went off, police said. | |
Nine women, a young girl and four boys were among those killed. | |
In Peshawar, hospital officials told the BBC four children were amongst those killed in an attack near the city. | |
A bomb was placed inside a car parked on the side of the road in a busy market area just south of the city. | |
The target was a convoy of troops but all those reported to have been killed were civilians. | |
The attack came during a visit to Pakistan by the British Prime Minister David Cameron. | The attack came during a visit to Pakistan by the British Prime Minister David Cameron. |
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. |