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Attacks Kill 21 in Pakistan

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At least 27 injured.

At least 21 people were killed on Saturday when militants in western Pakistan carried out a horrific attack. Twenty-seven more were injured. The gunmen first bombed a women's university bus, killing 11. Survivors were rushed to a hospital where an emergency ward was then seized by the same group. Dozens of patients, staff, and family members are believe trapped in the ward, and television footage showed troops surrounding the hospital with a helicopter overhead.

Read it at Reuters