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| Deadly blast at Pakistan funeral | Deadly blast at Pakistan funeral |
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| At least five people have been killed in a blast at the funeral of a Shia cleric in north-western Pakistan, police say. | At least five people have been killed in a blast at the funeral of a Shia cleric in north-western Pakistan, police say. |
| Several others were injured in the explosion, in the town of Dera Ismail Khan, reports said. | |
| Soon after the blast, the sound of gunfire was heard, triggering a stampede and panic in the area, a local television channel reported. | Soon after the blast, the sound of gunfire was heard, triggering a stampede and panic in the area, a local television channel reported. |
| Violence between Shia and Sunni Muslims is common in Dera Ismail Khan. | Violence between Shia and Sunni Muslims is common in Dera Ismail Khan. |
| "A funeral procession of a Shia victim was on its way to the graveyard when a powerful explosion hit it," AFP news agency quoted local police official Khurshid Khan as saying. | |
| "At least five people have died in the attack," Ashiq Saleem, medical superintendent of the city's main government hospital told the BBC. | |
| The funeral was for a local Shia cleric killed on Thursday in what the police say appeared to be sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shias. |