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Three dead in northwest Pakistan suicide attack

Agence France-PresseMay 24, 2013 07:17
A suicide bomber Friday hit a vehicle belonging to an Afghan Muslim scholar in northwest Pakistan, killing three people including the cleric's guard and driver, officials said. The bomber detonated his explosive jacket close to Haji Hayatullah's car as worshippers were leaving a mosque following Friday prayers in the city's congested Faqirabad neighbourhood, local police chief Liaquat Ali said.

Suicide bombing against Iraqi Shiites kills 12

Agence France-PresseMay 16, 2013 17:31
A suicide bomber attacked a Shiite place of worship, or husseiniyah, in the northern Iraq city of Kirkuk on Thursday, killing 12 people, a senior police officer said. The bomber tried to enter Al-Zahraa husseiniyah, but was prevented by police from doing so, and detonated an explosives-rigged belt near the entrance instead. The blast also wounding 18 people, said to the officer, who was present at the scene. A medical official confirmed that an attack had taken place, but did not give a toll. str-mah/wd/srm

Pakistani candidate escapes suicide bombing

Agence France-PresseMay 1, 2013 13:00
An election candidate escaped unharmed Wednesday when a suicide bomber blew himself up in southern Pakistan wounding two passers-by, police said, in the latest in a wave of attacks to hit the campaign. The attack came in Shikarpur district of Sindh province, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) northeast of Karachi, when Mohammad Ibrahim Jatoi, a candidate for the May 11 poll, was on the campaign trail.

Pakistani election candidate escapes suicide bombing

Agence France-PresseMay 1, 2013 05:45
An election candidate escaped unharmed Wednesday in a suicide bombing in southern Pakistan which left two people wounded, police said, after the latest in a wave of attacks to hit the campaign. The attack came in southern Shikarpur district of Sindh province, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) northeast of Karachi, when Mohammad Ibrahim Jatoi, a candidate for the May 11 poll, was on the campaign trail. "A suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up near the car of Mr Jatoi, but he was unharmed," local police station chief Zaheer Mahesar told AFP.

Suicide bomber kills eight in Pakistan

Agence France-PresseApril 29, 2013 14:30
A suicide bomber killed at least eight people and wounded 45 others when he rammed his motorcycle into a bus in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday, police said. Two staff at the Afghan consulate were among those killed in the attack, which police said targeted a top civil servant who heads the city's administration. Violence has spiked in the nuclear-armed country ahead of national elections on May 11 with at least 58 people killed in attacks on politicians and political parties since April 11, according to an AFP tally.

Suicide bomber kills eight in Pakistan

Agence France-PresseApril 29, 2013 05:30
A suicide bomber killed at least eight people and wounded 45 others when he rammed his motorcycle into a bus in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday, police said. Two staff at the Afghan consulate were among those killed in the attack, which police said targeted a top civil servant who heads the city's administration. Violence has spiked in the nuclear-armed country ahead of national elections on May 11 with at least 56 people killed in attacks on politicians and political parties since April 11, according to an AFP tally.

Suicide bomber kills soldier in southwest Pakistan

Agence France-PresseApril 23, 2013 14:38
A suicide bomber blew up his car at a check point near a Shiite dominated area in southwest Pakistan late on Wednesday, killing a soldier and wounding more than 30, officials said. The attacker had attempted to drive his vehicle into Hazara Town in Baluchistan province's capital Quetta, where a recent surge in sectarian unrest has killed scores of Shiites, city police chief Zubair Mahmood said. "He detonated the vehicle when the soldiers at a paramilitary check post near the Shiite neighbourhood stopped it," the police officer told AFP.

March 29, 2013 02:15
Suicide attack targets Pakistan police commander, six dead: officials str-sjd/jm/jw

URGENT ¥¥¥ Damascus suicide bombing leaves dead, wounded: SANA

March 26, 2013 11:31
A suicide bomber blew up a vehicle in the north of the Syrian capital on Tuesday, leaving dead and injured, state news agency SANA reported. "A terrorist suicide bomber blew up a van in the east of Rukn al-Din neighbourhood in Damascus and preliminary information indicates there are martyrs and people wounded," the news agency said. rim-sah/ser
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