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Pakistan Seminary Blast Kills 7, Injures 70

Ayaz Gul

   ISLAMABAD - A powerful bomb blast inside an Islamic seminary in
   northwestern Pakistan early Tuesday, killedat least seven people
   andinjured morethan 70 others.

   Police officials say an improvised explosive device ripped through the
   packed seminary in Peshawar city during early morning classes.

   Mobile phone footage showed a cleric was teaching verses fromthe
   Muslimholy book of Quran when the bomb went off at the
   JamiaZubairiamadrassa (seminary).
   A senior police officer, Mansoor Aman, told reporters the explosive
   device was hidden in a bag someone left at the madrasa.

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