FACTBOX-Security developments in Pakistan, Dec 31
Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:51 GMT
Dec 31 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Pakistan at 1345 on Friday.
* denotes new or updated item
LAKKI MARWAT - One passerby was killed and one wounded in a roadside bomb blast in the northwestern town of Lakki Marwat, police said.
The blast took place near town's police headquarters.
* PESHAWAR - A suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired two missiles into a vehicle in the North Waziristan region on the Afghan border, killing at least five militants, intelligence officials in the region said.
There was no independent confirmation of the incident, and militant groups often dispute official death tolls.
(Compiled by Zeeshan Haider; Editing by Michael Georgy)
(For more Reuters coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, see: http://www.reuters.com/places/pakistan.
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