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19 killed as suicide bomber rams bus
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December 31, 2012, Monday
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A suicide bomber driving a vehicle packed with explosives rammed into a bus carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims in southwest Pakistan yesterday, killing 19 people.
Earlier in the day, 21 tribal policemen believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban were found shot dead in Pakistan's troubled northwest tribal region, government officials said.
Pakistan has experienced a spike in killings over the past year by radical Sunni Muslims targeting Shiites who they consider heretics. The violence has been especially pronounced in Baluchistan province, where the latest attack occurred.
In addition to the 19 people killed in the bombing in Baluchistan's Mastung district, 25 others were wounded, many of them critically, an official said.
The blast destroyed the bus that was hit and damaged a second bus carrying Shiites that was close by.
An eyewitness who was traveling in the second bus told Pakistan's Geo TV that first bus contained more than 40 pilgrims headed to neighboring Iran.
The bomber rushed by in a pick-up truck, swerved in front of the first bus and slammed on the brakes. The bus hit the truck and there was a huge explosion.
The policemen who were shot dead were found in the Jabai area of Frontier Region Peshawar after one of them escaped and raised the alarm. Another officer was found seriously wounded.
Earlier in the day, 21 tribal policemen believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban were found shot dead in Pakistan's troubled northwest tribal region, government officials said.
Pakistan has experienced a spike in killings over the past year by radical Sunni Muslims targeting Shiites who they consider heretics. The violence has been especially pronounced in Baluchistan province, where the latest attack occurred.
In addition to the 19 people killed in the bombing in Baluchistan's Mastung district, 25 others were wounded, many of them critically, an official said.
The blast destroyed the bus that was hit and damaged a second bus carrying Shiites that was close by.
An eyewitness who was traveling in the second bus told Pakistan's Geo TV that first bus contained more than 40 pilgrims headed to neighboring Iran.
The bomber rushed by in a pick-up truck, swerved in front of the first bus and slammed on the brakes. The bus hit the truck and there was a huge explosion.
The policemen who were shot dead were found in the Jabai area of Frontier Region Peshawar after one of them escaped and raised the alarm. Another officer was found seriously wounded.
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