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| At least three people have been killed in a suspected suicide bombing in north-west Pakistan. | At least three people have been killed in a suspected suicide bombing in north-west Pakistan. |
| Police say the bomber killed himself, a policeman and a civilian after he was stopped at a checkpoint in the town of Dera Ismail Khan. | Police say the bomber killed himself, a policeman and a civilian after he was stopped at a checkpoint in the town of Dera Ismail Khan. |
| A number of others were injured in the blast, which damaged nearby buildings and shattered windows. | A number of others were injured in the blast, which damaged nearby buildings and shattered windows. |
| The blast is Pakistan's third since Friday and comes amid tight security during the holy month of Muharram. | The blast is Pakistan's third since Friday and comes amid tight security during the holy month of Muharram. |
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| Aslam Khattak, a senior police official in Dera Ismail Khan, said seven people had been injured in the blast. | |
| "The attacker refused to be checked and detonated his explosives," he told Reuters news agency. | |
| Reports say minority Shia Muslims were due to hold a procession nearby, although it is not clear if the blast is connected. | |
| Pakistan's security forces are on alert for sectarian violence during Muharram. | |
| The festival of Ashura is on Tuesday, when Shias mark the death of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein. | |
| On Saturday, a suspected suicide bomber killed at least 15 people near a Shia gathering in the city of Peshawar. | |
| A day earlier, police said a suicide bomber had killed himself and a security guard at a top hotel in Islamabad. There was no apparent sectarian motive. | |
| Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao said on Monday that the authorities were still trying to establish who was behind the blasts. |