41 killed, 45 injured in NW Pakistan blast
08:56, 13 October 2009
ISLAMABAD. October 13. KAZINFORM At least 41 people were killed and 45 others injured in a suicide attack in northwest Pakistan on Monday, local TV channels reported, Kazinform cites Xinhua.
Mian Iftikhar Hussain, Information Minister in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) said that six security men were among those killed in the blasts in Alpuri, the headquarters of Shangla district near the insurgency-hit Swat valley.
Hussain said that another 45 people were injured in the deadliest attack.
Local police said that the bomb exploded near a convoy of security forces in a crowded market area in tehsil Alpuri. A police officer said that three vehicles of the soldiers were destroyed, Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
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