9 killed in blast in Shia-dominated area of Peshawar

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Press Trust of India Peshawar
Last Updated : Feb 04 2014 | 10:01 PM IST
At least nine persons, mostly Shias, were killed and 25 others injured in a suspected suicide attack in a hotel in this restive northwestern Pakistani city today.
The blast occurred in the Shia-dominated Kocha Risaldar area of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
Most of the dead were Shias from Kurram tribal region, which has long been affected by sectarian violence.
Police officials said they suspected the blast was triggered by suicide bomber.
Kocha Risaldar has many Imambargahs and Imambaras.
Earlier in the day, a prominent Shia leader was shot dead in the city in an apparent sectarian attack.
There has been a sharp rise in sectarian violence in Pakistan since a deadly clash between Sunnis and Shias in Rawalpindi in November.

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