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Pakistan: Blast kills 5
Hangu, Jan 4 (IBNS) A blast in a football ground in Kadda Bazaar area of Pakistan's Lower Orakzai killed at least five people on Sunday, media reports said.
Eight others were injured in the incident.
"The explosives were detonated with the help of a remote at a time when children were playing a volley ball match. A large number of people, majority of them children were present in the play ground," Geo News reported quoting sources.
The injured people were taken to a hospital.
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