Suicide bomber kills 6 at Pakistan political meet: official

December 22 2012 16:43:42

Suicide bomber kills 6 at Pakistan political meet: official

PESHAWAR - Agence France-Press

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A suicide bomber blew himself up Saturday at a meeting of the political party that rules Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing six people and wounding 21, officials said.

The Awami National Party meeting in Peshawar was attended by provincial leaders. There were "reports of injuries to the senior minister of the provincial government, Bashir Bilour," police official Asif Iqbal told AFP.

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