A roadside bomb blast in Pakistan\u2019s northwestern tribal belt has killed at least eight people, including three women and a child, in a yet another terror attack targeting minority Shia Muslims in the country.<\/p>\n
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A roadside bomb blast in Pakistan\u2019s northwestern tribal belt has killed at least eight people, including three women and a child, in a yet another terror attack targeting minority Shia Muslims in the country.<\/p>\n
A senior local government official, Basir Khan Wazir, said an improvised explosive device (IED) was detonated on Tuesday in the mostly Shia-populated Maqbal area of the Kurram tribal district near the Afghan border as a van carrying nine passengers was driving by.<\/p>\n
The official said that among the passengers killed in the bombing were three women and a seven-year-old boy.<\/p>\n
He said authorities were attempting to identify the mutilated bodies of the victims but primary evidence suggested that all of the passengers had been Shia Muslims.<\/p>\n
Although no group has yet claimed responsibility for the terrorist bombing, Taliban- and al-Qaeda-linked terrorists have in the past frequently targeted Shias, who make up more than 20 percent of Pakistan\u2019s population.<\/p>\n
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