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PAKISTAN: SUICIDE BOMBER WOUNDS COPS November 18, 2006
Zainab Osman
(SomaliNet) A suicide bomber wounded two police officers yesterday in northwestern Pakistan in the latest attack targeting security forces since last month's deadly army air raid on a religious school.
The attacker, believed to be 19, detonated his explosives near a police pickup truck parked at a busy crossroads in Pishta Khara, on the southern outskirts of Peshawar, a major city near the Afghan border.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, which killed the bomber, shattered the windows of the police vehicle and damaged a nearby police post. The two officers were not seriously hurt.
The attack in Peshawar followed threats by pro-Taliban militants to target Pakistan security forces with suicide bombers in retaliation for an Oct. 30 air raid in northwestern Bajur province that killed 80 suspected militants. Locals said the victims were innocent students.
On Nov. 8, a suicide bomber killed 42 soldiers doing calisthenics in an attack believed linked to pro-Taliban militants seeking vengeance for the Bajur bombing