Pakistan: 8 killed, 5 injured in suicide bomb attack – police say – News

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A suicide bomber detonated at a checkpoint in western Pakistan on Saturday, killing eight people and wounding five others, authorities said.

The bomber caused an explosion at the back of a motorcycle rickshaw near the town of Mir Ali in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a local police official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

He added that the attack near the border with Afghanistan killed four police officers, two members of state paramilitary forces and two civilians.

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“Of the five injured workers, three are in critical condition and were taken to a local military hospital,” he added.

The same number of dead and injured was confirmed by a local government official who also did not want to remain anonymous.

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