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School bombed and grenade thrown in house in Pakistan; no injuries

Published: April 26, 2013 at 12:02 PM

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, April 26 (UPI) -- A bomb was set off at a school and a hand-grenade was thrown into a house but there were no injuries, officials in Pakistan said Friday.

Authorities defused bombs in two other incidents.

Militants set off a bomb in a government high school in the Hangu area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Dawn News reported.

The building was partially damaged in the attack.

The grenade tossed into the house, in the province's Kohat area, caused minor damage, officials said.

A bomb disposal squad defused a 3-kilogram explosive device in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu area and a bomb was defuswed in the Charsadda region of the province, officials said.

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