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FACTBOX-Security developments in Pakistan, Oct 26

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:08 GMT

Source: reuters // Reuters

Oct 26 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Pakistan on Wednesday at 1045 GMT.

(*) denotes new or updated items.

TANK - Gunmen shot and killed two former members of a local anti-Taliban peace committee in a residential area of Tank town, security officials said.

Also, three security personnel were wounded when a remote-controlled roadside bomb detonated next to an army vehicle on the outskirts of the town of Tank in northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, local military officials said.

*PESHAWAR - A blast occurred in a shop in a market on the outskirts of Peshawar, the main northwestern city, wounding at least five people, police said. The cause of the blast was not immediately determined. (Reporting by Saud Mehsud; Writing by Qasim Nauman)

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