Pakistan Suicide Bomber Kills 7

Blast in northwest kills civilians, police officers

By Newser Editors and Wire Services

Posted Nov 28, 2008 8:16 AM CST

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Pakistan Suicide Bomber Kills 7 — A Pakistani police officer stands guard as people offer Friday prayers in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. Authorities take extra security measures to counter terrorism. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

A suicide car bomber killed seven people in Pakistan's restless Northwest Frontier Province, the AP reports. The chief of police in the town of Bammu said the attacker rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a police car patrolling the town's streets today. Four police officers and three civilians died in the blast, and several other people were wounded.

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