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Police: Suicide bomb kills 20 in Pakistan
(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-01-01 21:57
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 A Pakistani police officer mans a checkpoint as the sun sets marking the end of the year on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan. [Agencies] |
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Police say a suicide car bomber killed 20 people at volleyball tournament in a northwest Pakistani city near the insurgent-riddled tribal areas.
Local police chief Ayub Khan says the blast may have been retaliation for locals' attempts to expel militants by setting up their own militia. He says some nearby houses have collapsed, and that other people may be trapped in the rubble.
Lakki Marwat lies close to North and South Waziristan, two tribal regions where militants have proliferated.
Since the army launched a ground offensive in South Waziristan in October, a slew of bombings have plagued Pakistan and killed more than 500 people.
