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The deaths occurred in Gatcheena village, 30 kilometres northwest of Khar, the main town of lawless Bajaur district, after a bomb planted at a village meeting place was detonated remotely.
“At least five people were killed after a bomb exploded at an elders meeting,” local government official Tariq Khan told AFP.
“Three others were wounded in the blast and there were about a dozen people present,” Khan said, adding that the people might have been targeted because they supported government efforts against Taliban-linked militancy.
Another government official and an intelligence official confirmed the bombing and casualties, but the precise identities of the dead were unclear.
Bajaur was the scene of major anti-Taliban offensives in August 2008 and in February 2009, and the military has repeatedly declared the district secure.
from DAWN
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