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Official: 14 dead in bomb blast in Pakistan - CNN.com
By the CNN Wire Staff
September 16, 2012 -- Updated 1102 GMT (1902 HKT)
CNN.com
Pakistani security officials work at the site of a bomb blast in Jandol town,
in the district of Lower Dir.
Pakistani security officials work at the site of a bomb blast in Jandol town,
in the district of Lower Dir.
(CNN) -- A roadside bomb killed 14 people and wounded six in northwest Pakistan
on Sunday, a government official said.
The blast targeted a passenger van in the Lower Dir district near the village
of Bunr, said Hussain Ahmed, the official.
The bomb was remotely detonated, he said.
Details about the van's occupants were not available. There was no immediate
claim of responsibility.
The bombing in the Lower Dir district is the latest violence to strike
Pakistan's tribal region that borders Afghanistan.
The district is one of 24 that make up the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
It was formerly known as the North West Frontier Province, a name assigned
during the British colonial rule. The ruling party changed the name to reflect
the province's majority Pashtun population.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is rife with Islamic extremists and has been the site of
recent clashes between Pakistani security forces and militants.
On September 3, an explosives-filled car slammed into a U.S. Consulate vehicle
in the provincial capital, Peshawar.
The attack took place in an area of the city where several international
agencies have offices. In addition to the U.S. Consulate, the U.N. refugee
agency, UNHCR, is in the area.
In May 2011, a remote-controlled car bomb targeted a convoy of U.S. Consulate
vehicles in Peshawar, killing one person and wounding 11. The Taliban claimed
responsibility for the attack.
In April 2010, three explosions went off in rapid succession near the consulate.
Journalist Aamir Iqbal contributed to this report.
© 2012 Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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