One Shiite killed, six wounded in Pakistan blast

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Source: AFP

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — A roadside bomb blast killed one Shiite Muslim and wounded six others travelling by mini-bus in an apparent sectarian attack in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, police said.

The explosion occurred near the garrison town of Kohat, which is a key base for Pakistani troops battling Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants in the semi-autonomous tribal districts on the border with war-torn Afghanistan.

"Seven people were injured in the bomb blast," local police official Shafiq Khan told AFP.

"It appears to be a sectarian attack as all the passengers in the van were Shiites," he said. The blast was caused by a crude, makeshift device, he said.



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