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Bomb in Pakistan church kills at least 40 - official

by Reuters
Sunday, 22 September 2013 08:30 GMT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sept 22 (Reuters) - At least 40 people were killed and 70 wounded on Sunday in a suicide bomb attack on a church in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, a local government official said.

"Six hundred people were inside the church when the blast took place," deputy commissioner Zaheerul Islam told Pakistan's private Geo TV.

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