On 31 March 2017, a

car bombing A car bomb, bus bomb, van bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles. Car bombs can be roug ...

took place at a market in

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, northwest Pakistan. The bombing was believed to be motivated by sectarianism, as the majority of the area's residents are

Shia Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (imam). However, his right is understood ...

Muslims. At least 24 people were killed and more than 70 injured as a result of the blast.

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and other political leaders condemned the attack.

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