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Suicide attack kills four soldiers in North Waziristan.
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Updated 2013-12-18 19:17:44
MIRANSHAH: At least four soldiers were killed and 25 wounded when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a military checkpoint in Pakistan's troubled northwest on Wednesday, security officials said.
The attack came in the Mir Ali area of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal region, a hub for Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants on the Afghan border.
“Four security officials embraced shahadat (martyrdom) and 25 were wounded when a suicide bomber hit his explosive-laden car into the mosque of Khajori checkpoint, some three kilometres east of Miranshah,” a security official told AFP.
“The soldiers were offering prayers at the time of the blast,” the official said.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
The umbrella Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan faction and al-Qaeda linked militants have led a bloody campaign against the Pakistani state in recent years, carrying out hundreds of attacks on security forces and government targets, concentrated largely in the northwest.
Suicide attack kills four soldiers in North Waziristan - DAWN.COM
4 killed, 25 injured in suicide attack on checkpost in NW Pakistan - Xinhua | English.news.cn
AGENCIES
Updated 2013-12-18 19:17:44
MIRANSHAH: At least four soldiers were killed and 25 wounded when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a military checkpoint in Pakistan's troubled northwest on Wednesday, security officials said.
The attack came in the Mir Ali area of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal region, a hub for Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants on the Afghan border.
“Four security officials embraced shahadat (martyrdom) and 25 were wounded when a suicide bomber hit his explosive-laden car into the mosque of Khajori checkpoint, some three kilometres east of Miranshah,” a security official told AFP.
“The soldiers were offering prayers at the time of the blast,” the official said.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
The umbrella Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan faction and al-Qaeda linked militants have led a bloody campaign against the Pakistani state in recent years, carrying out hundreds of attacks on security forces and government targets, concentrated largely in the northwest.
Suicide attack kills four soldiers in North Waziristan - DAWN.COM
4 killed, 25 injured in suicide attack on checkpost in NW Pakistan - Xinhua | English.news.cn