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Six found dead as riots continue in Pakistan

April 12, 2009 00:00:00


QUETTA, April 11 (AP): The bodies of six slain coal miners were found in southwestern Pakistan Saturday and a policeman was shot dead, police said, as rioting over the slaying of three regional leaders continued for a third day.
Rising tension in Baluchistan, a vast province bordering Afghanistan and Iran, presents another risk to the stability of Pakistan as it faces rising Islamist militancy and serious economic problems.
The dead miners were discovered in a village about 50 kilometres east of Quetta, the provincial capital. All six men had been shot in the head, police official Abdul Malik said.

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