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Bombings kill at least 32 in Pakistan

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  • 24 people died and 25 were wounded by bomb in Hub, Balouchistan province
  • Authorities said attack targeted Chinese engineers
  • Car bomb at police training center in Hangu kills at least eight, wounds 22
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From Syed Mohsin Naqvi
CNN
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Bombings across Pakistan Thursday killed at least 32 people and wounded 47 others, authorities said.

In southwestern Pakistan's Balouchistan province, 24 people died and 25 were wounded Thursday when a bomb exploded near a bus stop in Hub, according to police.

Authorities said the attack targeted Chinese engineers who were passing by at the time of the blast.

In Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed car into the gates of a police training center in Hangu Thursday, killing at least eight people and wounding 22 others, a police official said.

Government forces have been battling militants in the region believed to be linked to the Taliban and al Qaeda. E-mail to a friend E-mail to a friend

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