10 killed as Pak Taliban target Shia minority
Pakistani Taliban militants yesterday said they detonated a roadside bomb targeting members of the Shia minority that killed at least 10 people travelling in a minibus, and wounded several more, in a remote northwestern region.
Militants planted the explosive device in the Kurram Agency in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) bordering Afghanistan, said senior regional official Shahid Ali Khan.
"When the passengers were coming, they detonated the remote-controlled bomb," Khan, who is the assistant political agent for Kurram Agency, told Reuters.
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