Bannu, Pakistan: Suicide Car Bomb Attack Kills Three Policemen
2009-11-13 10:24
A suicide car bomber attacked a police station at Bakka Khel near the northwestern town of Bannu on Friday the 13th. Three policemen were killed and eight wounded.
Bannu is a gateway to North Waziristan, another major militant sanctuary on the Afghan border.
Local media say seven people, including five security personnel, were killed in the attack.
Officials said shortly before the Bannu attack, a suicide car bomber attacked Pakistan's main intelligence agency in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday, killing nine people and wounding 55.
Militants have stepped up attacks on security forces… including a commando-style raid and hostage taking at the army's headquarters in Rawalpindi last month.
Peshawar has been targeted several times since the Pakistani army began an offensive against militants in South Waziristan.
Police say militants have also attacked oil tankers transporting fuel into Afghanistan for international forces in Baluchistan.
In the latest attack on supplies bound for western forces in Afghanistan, five tankers parked at a truck stop were set ablaze… one driver was killed.
