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Brightstar82
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 Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:21 pm Pakistan Bomb Kills Seven |
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| Quote: | DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) -- Suspected Islamic militants triggered a bomb near a police van Sunday in northwestern Pakistan, killing seven people and wounding four others, an official said.
The remote control bomb shattered the police vehicle while it was on a routine patrol in Dera Ismail Khan, a city in northwestern Pakistan, about 290 kilometers (180 miles) southwest of the capital Islamabad, local police official Dar Ali Khattak said.
Three policemen, three paramilitary soldiers and a passer-by were killed in the explosion on the road in the city's Kotli Imam neighborhood, Khattak said.
The death toll increased from six after a paramilitary soldier, who was seriously hurt, died at a state-run hospital, Khattak said.
Four other people -- two women and two men, all bystanders -- were being treated at the hospital for injuries from the explosion, he said.
Khattak initially reported that the bomb was planted in the police vehicle but he said that according to the latest information from the scene the explosion was caused by a roadside bomb.
No claimed responsibility for the explosion but Khattak blamed Islamic militants from a neighboring tribal region from involvement.
He did not give details immediately.
Dera Ismail Khan is located near South Waziristan tribal region, where, according to military officials, Islamic militants are hiding. The fighters have been blamed for attacks on security forces.
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TrekkieMage
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| Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:01 pm |
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This is horrible news. However, what I find worse is the fact that these bombings are becoming so common that they are no longer shocking. It seems that every day I hear that people die because of car bombs in Iraq.
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webtaz99
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| Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:35 am |
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I sure get tired of hearing phrases including "tribal" or "warlord".
It's 2006.
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