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Bomb on Bus Kills 15

From Associated Press

A bomb planted in the luggage rack of a bus exploded Friday as the vehicle was passing a market in a northern town, killing at least 15 people and wounding 30, police said. The victims of the blast at Chintpurni in Himachal Pradesh state included two women and two children, police said.

There were no claims of responsibility for the explosion but Sikh militants agitating for an independent nation in Punjab are suspected, police officials said.

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