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Bombs Kill 16 Children in Pakistan
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by Jordan Yerman | April 26, 2009 at 01:09 pm
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It's been a deadly weekend in Pakistan's tribal areas, with sixteen children and eight parents killed in two separate bomb attacks.
One of the attacks involved a bomb hidden inside a soccer ball, which killed twelve kids when it detonated- authorities are now telling families not to allow their children to accept gifts from strangers, or to pick up any toys they may find.
Pakistan's Interior Ministry chief, Rehman Malik, blamed the Taliban for Saturday's football bomb.
"The Taliban have exposed their real face by killing innocent children," Malik said.
Authorities were unsure who to blame for Sunday's grenade attack as they were uncertain whether the parents were carrying the grenade, or if it was planted in the car they were travelling in with their eight children.
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at 14:41 on April 26th, 2009
at 15:38 on April 26th, 2009
Maybe (Taliban) boys provided the killer ball.
at 15:51 on April 26th, 2009
Another sick act. When will people learn to live in harmony?