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At least 3 dead, 50 injured in bomb attack in Pakistan

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A powerful roadside bomb exploded among a procession of Shiite Muslims in central Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least three and wounding over 50 people, local police said. Videos circulatin­g on social media showed police and ambulances rushing toward the site of the explosion. Several wounded people were seen waiting for help along a road in the deeply conservati­ve city of Bahawalnag­ar in the eastern Punjab province, where the attack took place. City police officer Mohammad Asad and Shiite leader Khawar Shafqat confirmed the bombing.

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