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27 die after attack on Muslims
09/02/2006 16:35 - (SA)
Hangu - At least 27 people were killed in a suspected suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession in northwest Pakistan and in ensuing riots, police and security officials told AFP.
Provincial police chief Riffat Pasha said 23 people died in the initial attack and in armed clashes between Shiites and rival Sunnis in the town of Hangu.
Separately, four people died when gunmen fired on a minibus in Saidan Banda near Hangu and four truck drivers were shot dead after a mob torched their vehicles in the nearby Ibrahimzai area, a senior security official said.
- AFP
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