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2 explosions hit northwest Pakistan; 5 dead

The Columbian
Published: August 9, 2011, 5:00pm

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say a second explosion has occurred in a neighborhood in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar.

Police official Tariq Khan says authorities suspect two female suicide bombers were trying to attack police in the area.

He says it appears that one woman detonated her vest and the other died alongside her, while several people nearby were wounded.

Security had swarmed the Lahori Gate area because a remote-controlled bomb earlier in the morning had gone off near a police vehicle, killing four officers and a boy and wounding dozens of people.

Peshawar lies near Pakistan’s tribal areas where Taliban and al-Qaida fighters operate. The city has endured numerous bombings in recent years, many of them aimed at security forces.

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