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| Several people have been wounded in a suspected suicide attack at the office of a religious organisation in north-western Pakistan, officials say. | Several people have been wounded in a suspected suicide attack at the office of a religious organisation in north-western Pakistan, officials say. |
| The explosion happened at the office of a group called Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in the Khyber tribal region, they say. | The explosion happened at the office of a group called Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in the Khyber tribal region, they say. |
| A spokesman for the organisation told Pakistan's Geo TV that the bomber was a 17-year-old boy. | A spokesman for the organisation told Pakistan's Geo TV that the bomber was a 17-year-old boy. |
| Some of the injured are said to be in a critical condition. | |
| "The bomber entered the office and blew himself up among dozens of workers of the organisation," the AFP news agency quoted an unnamed security official as saying. | |
| It is unclear why the bomber targeted a little-known Muslim organisation. | |
| Khyber is one of seven semi-autonomous tribal regions along the Afghan border. | |
| Last month, a suicide bomber in a car attacked a Pakistani army base near the Afghan border, killing five troops and injuring nine. |