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KARACHI,Pakistan-Suicide bombers hit a convoy of Chinese workers in southern Pakistan and a police academy in the north, killing 36 people and wounding 54 in the latest violence in the week since the army stormed a mosque held by Islamic extremists.The convoy was passing though the main bazaar in Hub,a town in Baluchistan province near the port city of Karachi, when a moving car blew up next to a police vehicle,officials said.Hub Police Chief Ghulam Mohammed Thaib said 29 people were killed,including seven police.About 30 other people were wounded, some critically."It was laden with very heavy explosives but due to our spacing and our security measures,Allah has been very kind," said Maj. Gen. Saleem Nawaz,a commander of Pakistan's paramilitary Frontier Constabulary.The police "sacrificed their lives and the Chinese friends were absolutely safe," Nawaz said on Dawn News television.The Chinese citizens worked at a lead extraction plant in Dudhar in Baluchistan and were temporarily leaving the area for Karachi due to security concerns,police said.Some officials suggested the bomb was remote-controlled.But Thaib and Nawaz,whose men also were guarding the minibus carrying some 10 Chinese technicians and engineers, said it was a suicide attack.
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