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Explosion outside court in NW Pakistan kills 2

The Columbian
Published: May 8, 2011, 5:00pm

NOWSHERA, Pakistan (AP) — Police say an explosion outside the district court in the northwestern city of Nowshera has killed at least two people.

Regional police chief Liaqat Ali Khan says preliminary reports indicate that a homemade bomb was planted Tuesday at the police checkpoint situated at an entrance to the court where women are scanned and searched.

He says the blast killed a female police constable and a civilian and wounded several others.

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