World | Pakistan
Several killed following suicide attack in northwest Pakistan
A suicide car-bomber killed eight people on Monday in an attack aimed at a military checkpost in northwest Pakistan's Swat Valley, military officials said.
- Agencies
- Published: 10:11 December 1, 2008
-
13 dead, 50 wounded in Karachi clashes
Deadly clashes between rival ethnic groups erupt in Karachi
-
'We have devised strategy'
'We have devised strategy'
-
2 killed in attack on supply trucks
2 killed in attack on Afghan-bound supply trucks in Peshawar
-
Missile attack kills two in Pakistan
Suspected US missile attack kills two in Pakistan
Mingora: A suicide car-bomber killed eight people on Monday in an attack aimed at a military checkpost in northwest Pakistan's Swat Valley, military officials said.
"The attacker was riding in a car packed with explosives. He blew up the car a few hundreds metres before the checkpost," said one of the military officials in the valley, who declined to be identified.
Seven civilians who happened to be passing by at the time were killed, as well as one soldier, the official said.
Share this article
Related Articles
News Editor's choice
-
Shilpa Shetty ties knot with Kundra
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty tied the knot with London-based businessman Raj Kundra
-
A weighty issue for Gulf News readers
Should we encourage pupils to slim down? Gulf News readers speak out
-
Work on world's longest sea crossing to begin in 2010
The proposed Qatar-Bahrain causeway project, tipped to be the world's longest sea crossing, is estimated at a cost of at $2.7 billion (Dh9.9 billion)
