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Pakistan blast kills female students
« on: June 15, 2013, 10:55:52 am »
Via the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22919001

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At least 10 students killed in a blast in a bus at a university for women in Quetta, Pakistan, police say

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Re: Pakistan blast kills female students
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2013, 10:57:23 am »
Via al Jazeera: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/06/201361510251151772.html

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Deadly blast near Pakistan women's university
Explosion reportedly struck bus carrying passengers near university in Quetta, killing at least eleven female students.

A blast at near a women's university in Quetta has killed at least eleven female students and wounded dozens of people, Pakistan police have said.

The explosion happened on a bus near the campus of the Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University, reports said.

Quetta is the capital city of the Balochistan province.

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Re: Pakistan blast kills female students
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2013, 11:15:26 am »
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Re: Pakistan blast kills female students
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2013, 12:01:26 pm »
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Some attacks are carried out by separatists and others by Islamists who oppose women's education.
Well, of course.   :thud:
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