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PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A suicide bomber detonated his
explosives-packed vehicle in a crowd of people watching a
volleyball tournament in northwest Pakistan, killing 88
people in the deadliest attack in the country in more than
two months.
The attack in Lakki Marwat city on Friday appeared to be
retaliation against residents who formed militias to drive
militants out of the area and a meeting of anti-Taliban
leaders being held nearby may have been the actual target,
police said.
Khan said an anti-Taliban meeting of local tribal elders in
a mosque close to the field where the tournament was being
held was the real target of the attack, but the driver
failed to reach it.
The bomber set off some 550 pounds (250 kilograms) of
high-intensity explosives loaded in the car at the field,
which lies in a congested neighborhood, Khan said.
Local police official Tajammal Shah said Saturday that 88
people were dead and 50 wounded. He said eight children, six
paramilitary troops and two police were among the dead.
The breaking news report was at 07:43 ET which suggests a
time for the bombing at about 07:30. The GCP event was set
for 07:00 to 12:00, ET, which is 12:00 to 17:00 UTC.
The result is Chisquare 17730.793 on 1800 df, for P = 0.923
and Z = -1.422
It is important to keep in mind that we have only a tiny
statistical
effect, so that it is always hard to distinguish signal from
noise. This means that every "success" might be largely
driven by chance, and every "null" might include a real
signal overwhelmed by noise. In the long run, a real effect
can
be identified only by patiently accumulating replications of
similar analyses.
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