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Pak: Child killed, 5 injured in blast

January 13, 2010 17:08 IST

A child was killed and five others were injured on Wednesday in a blast at a playground near a madrassa in northwest Pakistan's Tank town.

The explosion occurred when a group of children were playing at the ground located a short distance from the seminary.

The exact nature of the blast could not be immediately ascertained.

Geo News channel reported that the blast was apparently caused by a suicide jacket that was found by the children at the playground.

It said one child was killed and five others were injured in the blast.
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