Residents Kill Suspected Bomber After Mosque Blast in Northwest Pakistan
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\nA suspected suicide bomber was shot dead by local residents after an explosives-laden motorcycle detonated outside a mosque in northwestern Pakistan, police said.<\/p>\n
The blast occurred at about 2:45 p.m. on Friday outside a mosque in Khairukhel Pakka village, in Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.<\/p>\n
Police said the motorcycle had been fitted with explosives before it exploded near the mosque. Two people, including a girl, were killed, and 10 others were wounded, according to a casualty list circulated by local police.<\/p>\n
Authorities did not immediately identify the attacker or confirm the intended target. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which borders Afghanistan, has seen a rise in militant violence in recent years. Pakistan has repeatedly accused Afghanistan-based armed groups of carrying out cross-border attacks, an allegation Kabul denies.<\/p>\n
Police said the attacker\u2019s body was taken into custody for investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Residents Kill Suspected Bomber After Mosque Blast in Northwest Pakistan ——————————————- A suspected suicide bomber was shot dead by local residents after an explosives-laden motorcycle detonated outside a mosque in northwestern Pakistan, police said. The blast occurred at about 2:45 p.m. on Friday outside a mosque in Khairukhel Pakka village, in Lakki Marwat district of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"yoast_head":"\n