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| Pakistan funeral bomb 'kills six' | |
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| At least six people have died after a bomb exploded at a funeral procession in north-western Pakistan, police say. | |
| The attackers targeted the funeral of a Shia Muslim man who was gunned down on Thursday. Several others are wounded. | |
| The blast took place in Dera Ismail Khan, a town close to Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal area, which has a history of sectarian violence. | The blast took place in Dera Ismail Khan, a town close to Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal area, which has a history of sectarian violence. |
| The town has witnessed strife between Pakistan's majority Sunnis and minority Shias. | The town has witnessed strife between Pakistan's majority Sunnis and minority Shias. |
| According to reports, gunfire broke out and vehicles were set on fire after the attack. | |
| "The blast occurred when a funeral procession for a Shia Muslim murdered a day earlier was passing by," news agency Reuters quoted Syed Mohsin Shah, the area's top administrator, as saying. | |
| "We have six dead and 16 wounded. Now violence has erupted here. They're torching vehicles, ransacking shops and other properties," the agency quoted police officer Ehsanullah Khan as saying. | |
| Hundreds of people have been killed in a wave of suicide and other attacks in Pakistan over the past 18 months. | |
| Pakistani security forces say they are struggling to contain an insurgency by Taleban and al-Qaeda militants in its border region with Afghanistan. |