Dawn : Suicide blast kills four in Pakistan tribal area

Suicide blast kills four in Pakistan tribal area

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, July 20

A suicide bomber killed three civilians and a soldier at a checkpost in North Waziristan tribal area on Friday, the latest in a wave of attacks across the country, security officials said.

“There was a suicide attack at a paramilitary checkpost in North Waziristan today.

Four people were killed -- three civilians and one soldier -- and six injured, including three soldiers,” a senior security official told AFP.

The attack came a day after three suicide blasts in several areas of the country killed at least 51 people in apparent revenge for last week's raid on the pro-Taliban Lal Masjid in Islamabad.

(AFP)