9 killed in Pakistan bombing July 21, 2012 - 13:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A bomb exploded at a compound in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing nine people and wounding 20, local government and intelligence officials said, according to Reuters. The bombing in the compound, used by a local militia and containing residential units and an office, occurred near the village of Spin Tal in the Orakzai tribal region. The Pakistan military has been conducting operations against militant groups in the area for months. "We are not sure if a suicide bomber hit the compound or if some militants were assembling a bomb and it accidentally went off," a local government official said, requesting anonymity. The wounded were evacuated to a hospital in neighboring Hangu district. A hospital official told Reuters that several of the wounded were in critical condition. Several militant groups are active in Pakistan's northwestern semi-autonomous tribal regions, near the border with Afghanistan, including the Pakistan Taliban, responsible for many of the bombings across the country in recent years. Partner news  Top stories If true, the exclusion of Rafsanjani and Mashaie would leave the presidential race dominated by hardline conservatives. Amy Elliott, chief administrative officer of the Oklahoma medical examiner's office, said 51 were confirmed dead. An Islamist insurgency, once confined largely to the republic of Chechnya, has spread across the North Caucasus in recent years. Earlier, at least five Azerbaijan soldiers were killed and six seriously injured when their vehicle rammed into a tree and overturned.   Partner news |  Latest news Oil prices go down ahead of Fed chief’s address to Congress  Brent crude, a benchmark for many international oil varieties, fell 20 cents to $103.71 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.Sony cuts sales targets for digital cameras, smartphones, tablets Sony trimmed its 2014-15 camera sales target to 1.3 trillion yen and now expects smartphone and tablet sales of 1.5 trillion yen.Hugh Jackman in "The Wolverine" action film trailer (video) The Marvel pic features Svetlana Khodchenkova and Rila Fukushima, whose appearances as Viper and Yukio are also teased.Google+ redesign for mobile web unveiled The search giant rolled out an image-centric design that resembles Pinterest's and Facebook's layouts. |
