Information About Incident 67994-139181-353206 in Sibi Pakistan

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However, Dawn quoting Deputy Superintendent Police (DSP) Ali Nawaz reports that the boy was a suicide bomber who entered into the Sibi festival hall and blew himself up missing his intended target.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Sibi
• Matched District: Sibi
• Actgroup: attack
• Actor: a suicide bomber who
• Subject: himself up missing his intended target

Context

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Separately, a boy was killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast during the preparation of the Sibi Mela near the Mir Chakar-e-Azam Stadium in Sibi District on February 20, reports The Express tribune. Sibi Deputy Commissioner, Sohailur Rehman Baloch said it was an IED blast and refuted media reports that it was a suicide bombing. However, Dawn quoting Deputy Superintendent Police (DSP) Ali Nawaz reports that the boy was a suicide bomber who entered into the Sibi festival hall and blew himself up missing his intended target. The strength of blast blew body pieces of suicide bomber into the air, the DSP said.

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