AP: “Official: Suicide bomb kills 25 in NW Pakistan”
— AP reports: “A suicide car bomb destroyed a two-story hotel and several shops in a northwestern Pakistani town on Friday, killing 25 people in an apparent attack on the country’s Shiite community, police and a government official said.”
— “The blast took place in the Shiite-dominated village of Usterzai. The Hikmat Ali Hotel –  owned by a Shiite – was among several buildings destroyed or badly damaged, police official Asmat Ullah said. At least eight cars were mangled by the force of the explosion, witnesses said.”
— “Sunni extremist groups like those believe Shiites are infidels, and their presence has fueled sectarian attacks that have long plagued “