Two killed, 8 injured in bomb blast in NW Pakistan
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At least two people were killed and eight others injured on Wednesday in a bomb blast in the northwestern tribal region of Pakistan, local media reported.
According to local media reports, the remote-controlled bomb exploded near the vehicle of a local tribal elder and head of the peace committee in Bara market area of the Khyber Agency, Pakistan 's tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
Ten people including the tribal elder were injured in the blast but two of them succumbed to injuries on the way to hospital.
Eyewitnesses told police that a bomb that was planted in a motorcycle parked on the roadside exploded when the vehicle reached near it.
No group claimed the responsibility of the blast but police feared that it might be the Taliban because local peace committees have been working and fighting against the Taliban in the area.
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