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Cyclist suicide bomber kills 11
Meanwhile, a Taliban suicide bomber on a bicycle attacked the convoy of a paramilitary police commander in northwestern Pakistan, killing 11 people, including a four month-old infant, police said.
The attack on the paramilitary police commander's convoy in northwestern Pakistan occurred in the city of Peshawar. The apparent target, Abdul Majeed Marwat, who heads the Frontier Constabulary, was not hurt, said police official Dost Mohammed Khan.
The 11 dead included five members of the security forces and six civilians, said Khan. The civilians included two women, a young girl and a four month-old infant. Another 22 people were wounded, said Khan.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.The group's spokesman, Ahsanullah Ahsan, said that they carried out the bombing because the paramilitary police "are part of a system we don't recognize, and second, they are operating against us."
Peshawar is located on the border with Pakistan's semiautonomous tribal region, the main sanctuary for Taliban militants in the country. The Pakistani Taliban have carried out many bombings in the city and other parts of the country targeting both security forces and civilians.
There is concern that the militants could step up the pace of attacks ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections.
© The Associated Press, 2013
Associated Press writers Riaz Khan and Rasool Dawar in Peshawar, Pakistan, and Munir Ahmed in Islamabad contributed to this report.
Source:CBC News,Huffington Post.
The terrorists killed a baby.
Meanwhile, a Taliban suicide bomber on a bicycle attacked the convoy of a paramilitary police commander in northwestern Pakistan, killing 11 people, including a four month-old infant, police said.
The attack on the paramilitary police commander's convoy in northwestern Pakistan occurred in the city of Peshawar. The apparent target, Abdul Majeed Marwat, who heads the Frontier Constabulary, was not hurt, said police official Dost Mohammed Khan.
The 11 dead included five members of the security forces and six civilians, said Khan. The civilians included two women, a young girl and a four month-old infant. Another 22 people were wounded, said Khan.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.The group's spokesman, Ahsanullah Ahsan, said that they carried out the bombing because the paramilitary police "are part of a system we don't recognize, and second, they are operating against us."
Peshawar is located on the border with Pakistan's semiautonomous tribal region, the main sanctuary for Taliban militants in the country. The Pakistani Taliban have carried out many bombings in the city and other parts of the country targeting both security forces and civilians.
There is concern that the militants could step up the pace of attacks ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections.
© The Associated Press, 2013
Associated Press writers Riaz Khan and Rasool Dawar in Peshawar, Pakistan, and Munir Ahmed in Islamabad contributed to this report.
Source:CBC News,Huffington Post.
The terrorists killed a baby.
