Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 10 in Northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan
(Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up close to a police
checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 10
people and wounding more than 20, officials said.
The bomber rammed his motorcycle into a police vehicle next to the roadside checkpoint in the Jamrud area on the edge of Pakistan 's volatile Federally Administered Tribal Areas, local government official Munir Khan told Reuters.
"He was riding an explosives-laden motorcycle and hit the checkpoint and the vehicle of the line officer," Khan said.
The bomber rammed his motorcycle into a police vehicle next to the roadside checkpoint in the Jamrud area on the edge of Pakistan 's volatile Federally Administered Tribal Areas, local government official Munir Khan told Reuters.
"He was riding an explosives-laden motorcycle and hit the checkpoint and the vehicle of the line officer," Khan said.
