An official says 25 people were killed when a suicide car bomber struck a market in Pakistan.

The attack, thought to be sectarian, targeted a hotel in Usterzai, a village on the outskirts of the rough border town of Kohat.

Kohaty is near the Afghan border with a history of violence between Shi’ite and Sunni Muslim sects.

The Hikmat Ali Hotel was owned by a Shi’ite, police official Asmat Ullah said and was severely damaged.

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