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                     Suicide Bomber Targets Pakistan Market

   by VOA News

   A suicide bomber has attacked a senior police officer in the
   northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least five people.
   Police officer Asif Iqbal told reporters Wednesday that the bomber,
   apparently on foot, lobbed some six or seven kilograms of explosive at
   the vehicle of senior investigator Hilal Hyder, killing Hyder and
   several of his companions in a crowded market.
   More than 30 people were injured, some of them critically, and reports
   say destruction to buildings and vehicles was widespread.
   The Taliban has claimed responsibility. A spokesman told the Associated
   Press that Hyder was targeted because he had been behind the arrest of
   several Taliban fighters.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.
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