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Sun Apr 28, 2013, 04:30 PM Apr 2013

More Killed in Pakistan in Bombings Ahead of Election

Source: NYT

Taliban attacks on election candidates in northwestern Pakistan killed at least eight people and wounded dozens on Sunday, adding to a growing toll of militant violence in the run-up to elections scheduled for May 11.

A bomb planted outside the office of a Shiite politician in the garrison city of Kohat killed five people, police officials said, while a second explosion near the office of a tribal candidate in the regional capital, Peshawar, killed at least three.

A Taliban spokesman, Ehsanullah Ehsan, claimed responsibility for the attacks. Neither candidate was wounded.

At least 50 people have died since early April in election-related attacks, mostly carried out by the Taliban, that have damaged public confidence in the elections and underscored the determination of militants to influence the results.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/world/middleeast/more-killed-in-pakistan-in-bombings-ahead-of-election.html

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