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CD shops bombed in Balakot

ISLAMABAD: Suspected Taliban bombed four shops selling CDs and cassettes in Balakot on Sunday.

Police officer Habibur Rahman said a time bomb planted outside the shops in the main market of Balakot exploded early in the morning, AP reported. Two people were also injured in the blast, Online news agency reported.

A similar attack in another town in the same district last Monday damaged three CD shops and wounded two bystanders. In the past, bombings of CD stores have been blamed on the Taliban who consider music and movies un-Islamic.
Source: Daily Times
Date:8/3/2009