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At Least 18 Killed in Pakistan Bus Blast

   VOA News  17 January 2011

   Officials  said  a  bomb blast has ripped apart a minibus in northwest
   Pakistan,  killing  at least 18 people, including two people traveling
   in a separate vehicle.
   Authorities  said  the bombing happened Monday near the town of Hangu,
   where  a  female  police officer and five of her relatives were killed
   Friday  in  an  attack on the family home. The area is near Pakistan's
   lawless tribal region.
   The  French news agency AFP reports that police say about 10 kilograms
   of explosives had been planted on the bus and the target was a Shi'ite
   leader, Kamil Ali Shah, who was implicated in the deaths of four Sunni
   Muslims in Hangu last September. Â
   Witnesses   said  the  minibus  and  another  passenger  vehicle  were
   destroyed  in  the blast. Authorities said the bomb was placed next to
   gas  cylinders  used  to  power  the  minibus,  making  the  explosion
   especially deadly.  Â
   No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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