A Lashkar-i-Jhangvi suicide bomber killed at least 28 Shia Hazara, including a number of women, near a Shia congregation hall in Quetta. A car bomb attack on a Frontier Corps convoy on the outskirts of Peshawar killed at least 18 civilians, and injured nine FC members and 46 civilians. A roadside bomb in North Waziristan killed four soldiers and wounded 20 more. Police arrested five Taliban in Karachi. UK Prime Minister David Cameron called on President Sharif to take “tough and uncompromising” measures against extremists; intelligence reports indicate that British extremists are becoming radicalized in Pakistan.
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