Deadly bomb attack hits Pakistan hospital
Tuesday, 19 Aug 2008 10:16
Up to 20 people killed after explosion reported outside hospital in north-west Pakistan
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Up to 20 people have been killed after an explosion was reported at a hospital in north-west
Pakistan.
According to the Associated Press news agency a bomb was detonated at the emergency gate outside the hospital in Dera Ismail Khan.
Officials quoted by news agencies have put the death-toll at between 12 and 20.
AP reported that a group of Shia Muslims had gathered outside the hospital before the explosion after a murdered community leader's body was taken there.
It is unclear whether the explosion was triggered by a suicide bomber.