Wednesday, 30 March 2011

7 killed in Swabi suicide attack

30 March 2011
Seven people were killed and 15 wounded when a suicide bomber riding on a motorbike blew himself up near a police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, police said.“The bomber came on a motorbike and detonated himself close to Ambar check post near Swabi town,” local police chief Abdullah Jan said.He said the checkpoint was close to a camp set up by a religious political party for a public meeting in the town, located about 100 kilometres east of Peshawar.“Seven people including one of our police officials were killed and 15 wounded,” he said.“We have recovered the body parts of the suicide bomber,” he said.The meeting was planned by the hardline Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) party led by Maulana Fazlur Rehman, he said, adding that the event had been cancelled

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