Bomb targeting school bus kills two in Kurram

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An 11-year-old boy died in a bomb attack on a school bus in Kurram Agency, which also killed the driver, officials said Tuesday. 

The bombing took place in the Nisti Kot area of the Upper Kurram tribal district, which is rife with insurgents and is also gripped by sectarian violence.

“An 11-year-old boy and the driver of the school van were killed when a bomb planted on a roadside exploded,” local government official Shahid Ali told a foreign news agency.

A seven-year-old girl was also wounded, he said, adding that no group had come forward to immediately claim responsibility for the attack