Six killed in Pak bomb blast
Six people, all of them women and children, were killed in a bomb blast in a remote tribal region in Pakistan near the Afghan border where al-Qaeda militants have been taking refuge, witnesses said on Wednesday.
The bomb, planted near the outer wall of the house of a tribal family, exploded late on Tuesday.
The incident took place in Makeen, a market town in South Waziristan, about 400 km southwest of the capital Islamabad, where a large number of al Qaeda-linked militants are believed to be hiding.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. An official of the local administration said two women and four children were killed while a resident said one woman and five children died.
Local officials and residents said the blast appeared to be the result of tribal rivalry rather than militant related.
Pakistan's tribal belt is awash with weapons and munitions smuggled during decades of war in neighbouring Afghanistan that are often used by ethnic Pashtun tribesmen to settle scores.
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