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23 killed in blast during funeral at Lower Dir
PESHAWAR : A bomb explosion during funeral prayers killing at least 23 people and wounding 47 others, police said.
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PESHAWAR: A bomb explosion during funeral prayers killing at least 23 people and wounding 47 others, police said.
"18 people were killed and 47 wounded," said senior police official Salim Khan Marwat.
Local senior police official Akhtar Hayat Gandapur said there were more than 100 people attending the funeral.
"We are trying to ascertain whether it was a timed device or suicide attack," he said.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
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