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| Title | Bomb blast kills at least eight in NW Pakistan |
| Publisher | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Publication Date | 25 August 2011 |
| Cite as | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Bomb blast kills at least eight in NW Pakistan, 25 August 2011, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4e5cdbf5c.html [accessed 4 June 2012] |
| Disclaimer | This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States. |
Bomb blast kills at least eight in NW Pakistan
August 25, 2011
A bomb blast outside a hotel in northwest Pakistan killed at least eight people and wounded at least a dozen others.
Police say the bomb went off in the town of Risalpur, near the end of the fasting month of Ramadan when people in a nearby market were busy shopping for the Muslim festival of Eid falling next week.
Officials say that the death toll could rise as several people were critically wounded.
Pakistan has seen a wave of suicide and bomb attacks in the past years, most of them in the northwest where troops are battling Pakistani Taliban militants.
compiled from agency reports
Link to original story on RFE/RL website
Topics: Terrorism,
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