PAKISTAN
From Times Wire Reports
A powerful bomb placed in a crate of grapes ripped through a crowded market, killing 16 people and wounding more than 80 in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, police said. The blast was the deadliest of 40 bombings that have rocked Pakistani cities this year. The government has blamed rival India for many of the previous attacks, and India has consistently denied any involvement. The explosion, the first in Islamabad this year, occurred while workers were unloading crates from a truck, witnesses said.
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