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Pakistan market bombing kills 8

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) — A bomb blast in an upscale shopping center in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore killed at least eight people and wounded 20 on Thursday (February 23), officials said, the latest in a surge of violence that has shaken the country. Security forces cordoned off the residential neighborhood, also home to banks and coffee shops, rescue officials said, after what one bank worker said was a “frightening” explosion. Punjab police spokesman Nayab […]

Toll from Pakistan market bombing rises to 24: officials

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — The death toll from a bomb blast at a market in a mainly Shiite area of Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt has risen to 24, officials said Sunday. The explosion, which occurred on Saturday in Parachinar, capital of the Kurram tribal district, initially killed 20 people and was claimed by the Pakistani Taliban. It was the first major militant attack in the country in 2017. “The number of dead people from the blast […]