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Bomb hits school bus in Pakistan

by Sanjay Jha | October 9, 2008 at 02:39 am | 31 views | add comment | 0 recommendations

A roadside bomb blast has killed at least 10 people near the troubled Swat Valley in northwestern Pakistan, local authorities say. The bomb, apparently detonated via a remote control, exploded near a prison van and a school bus at Kwago Obbo in the Upper Dir district in North West Frontier Province killing three school children, four policemen and three prisoners.
Earlier on Thursday, another bomb exploded near heavy-guarded anti-terrorism squad (ATS) barracks in Pakistan's capital.

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At least nine people were killed when roadside bomb exploded close to a prison vehicle and a school bus in north-western Pakistan, officials say.
The remote-controlled device exploded in the Upper Dir district of North-West Frontier Province near the Swat Valley.
Officials said those killed by the blast included four schoolgirls, three policemen and two of the prisoners.
Earlier, a suicide bomb attack on the main police headquarters in central Islamabad wounded at least 13 people.
The bombings came just over two weeks after more than 50 people were killed and more than 260 wounded in a suicide bombing at the capital's Marriott hotel.
They also happened as parliament met in a special session for a second day for a classified security briefing on Pakistan's internal security situation.
The joint session was called to try to help form a national consensus on how to tackle Islamic militancy and the surge in suicide bombings.