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Two Civilians Killed In Suicide Car Bombing In Pakistan


Pakistani security forces (file photo)
Pakistani security forces (file photo)

Officials say that two civilians were killed in a suicide car bombing that targeted a security patrol in North Waziristan, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan. A security official told RFE/RL on condition of anonymity that the attackers' explosives-laden car collided with a vehicle of the security forces, triggering a blast. The official said the vehicle of the security forces was bulletproof and the soldiers were not harmed in the attack. Two passersby -- a husband and wife -- were killed in the attack. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal, click here.

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