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Bara suicide blast leaves seven dead |
2014-10-17 |
[DAWN] Seven members of a pro-government group were killed and 13 others injured in a suicide kaboom in a remote area of Bara in Khyber Agency on Wednesday, sources said. They said that a young boy detonated his explosive vest in Pir Mela area where some activists of the Tauheedul Islam group had gathered. The attack was carried out at around 8am and it is pertinent to mention that a large number of shoppers visit the Pir Mela market in the morning. Officials in Bara said local people were among the injured. The dead and the injured belonged to the Zakhakhel tribe. A front man for the Bara-based outlawed group Lashkar-e-Islam ...a group of Islamic bandidos infesting Khyber Agency. It's headed by a former bus driver.... , which has been at loggerheads with Tauheedul Islam for about four years, denied involvement in the attack. |
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