Landmine blast in Pak injures six children

Islamic militants have been blamed for targeting security forces with land mines and roadside bombs in the past in South Waziristan.

A school bus hit a land mine along a road in a tribal region in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, injuring six children, two of them seriously, officials said.

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Islamic militants have been blamed for targeting security forces with land mines and roadside bombs in the past in Shakai, a mountain valley in South Waziristan tribal region where Monday's explosion occurred, an intelligence official in the region said on condition of anonymity because of the secretive nature of his job.