Election Violence Kills 7, Injures 82
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Clashes between supporters of rival candidates in Pakistani municipal elections left seven people dead and 82 injured, police said.
Security was beefed up for the first round of the three-phase vote in 53 districts nationwide.
A bomb hit a polling station in the southwestern town of Khuzdar, but no one was injured, police said.
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