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ISLAMABAD, Dec 10 (KUNA) -- More than fifteen people were killed and over
thirty others were wounded Friday evening in a suicide explosion in a northern
Pakistani town, only a day after another suicide blast in the region killed
fifteen people, said police and officials.
Atiq-ur-Rehman, Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from the area where
the incident occurred, told KUNA that it was a suicide car bomb explosion. He
termed it a sectarian attack and said that the hospital belonged to the
Shi'ite Muslim community.
He said the explosion also caused damage to a Shiite mosque, located in
front of the hospital. He said more than a dozen people have been killed and
several others wounded ones have been rushed to nearby hospitals.
Police and Rescue sources confirmed to KUNA more than fifteen had been
killed and said that so far thirty wounded have been rushed to hospitals.
The explosion took place as the security was on red alert on the occasion of
Muharram across the country and in Hangu and Kohat towns in particular, known
to be hotbeds of sectarian violence.
Also, last Wednesday a suicide explosion at a Kohat bus stop killed about 15
people and wounded near twenty others. (end)
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