Bomb in market kills 22 Shiites in Pakistani tribal region
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A bomb explosion in a market on Sunday killed 22 minority Shiite Muslims and wounded 45 others in Pakistan's Kurram tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said.
The bomb exploded as the market in the town of Parachinar was crowded with shoppers buying warm clothes for winter, said Mahtab Hussain, a local government official.
Husain said some of the critically wounded people were airlifted to hospitals in other cities.
All 22 killed were minority Shiite Muslims, said another local government official, Nek Mohammad.
The explosion was caused by a remote-controlled bomb planted in the market, the two officials said.
