IED Blast Kills 10 at Pakistan Market as Kabul Rejects Blame for 15-Officer Attack
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Updated · Reuters · May 12
IED Blast Kills 10 at Pakistan Market as Kabul Rejects Blame for 15-Officer Attack
11 articles · Updated · Reuters · May 12
10 people were killed and about 30 wounded when an improvised explosive device ripped through the crowded Naurang Bazar in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, with some victims in critical condition.
Police said the dead included eight civilians and two officers; the blast damaged shopfronts and a vehicle, and the most seriously injured were sent to hospitals in nearby Bannu.
The market bombing came two days after a car bombing and ambush on a police post in Bannu killed 15 officers, prompting Pakistan to blame Afghanistan-based militants and lodge a protest with Kabul.
Afghanistan's Taliban government on Tuesday called those allegations baseless, as the latest attack adds to tensions after Pakistani airstrikes in February triggered the worst fighting between the neighbors in years.
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