Pakistan suicide blast death toll reaches 35 (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sun, 09/07/2008 - 5:44am

Local residents look at a victim on a bed at the site of the suicide bombing on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008.<br /><br />A pickup truck packed with a large amount of explosives blew up a security checkpoint in Pakistan's volatile northwest Saturday, killing at least 13 people and injuring nearly 60 in an attack that may have been intended for a more important target, police said.<br /><br />The suicide attack occurred on the outskirts of Peshawar on the day Pakistani lawmakers voted for a new president, underscoring the challenges facing a country the U.S. has pressured to crack down on insurgents.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - The death toll in a massive suicide blast in Pakistan's militant-plagued northwest reached 35, officials said Sunday, as the country prepared for Benazir Bhutto's widower to take over as president.




 

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