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Slaying of Tribal Chief Sparks Unrest

From Times Wire Reports

Protesters in southwestern Pakistan burned shops and buses because of the weekend killing of a tribal chief.

Five people were hurt in Pasni, where police fired tear gas and shot into the air to disperse a mob. Police also used tear gas in Karachi, and a bank and two shops were burned in Gawadar.

Nawab Akbar Bugti, who led a decades-long campaign for greater rights for ethnic Baluch tribal members, was killed Saturday in a military raid.

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