DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - A bomb killed eight mourners at the funeral of a slain Shiite cleric Friday in northwestern Pakistan, triggering rioting and heightening sectarian tension in the volatile region.
Police said the attack in the city of Dera Ismail Khan wounded another 28 people and was followed by riots in which a mob burned shops and vehicles and pelted police with rocks. The U.S. this week shifted consular staff from the region because of rising insecurity.
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