Suicide Bomber Kills Politician In Northwest Pakistan -Police
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP)--A suicide bomber on Tuesday killed a member of
Pakistan's northwest provincial assembly and his brother in an attack in the
former Taliban stronghold of Swat valley, officials said.
The bomber, who was on foot, targeted a guest house owned by Shamsher Ali
Khan, a member of the secular Awami National Party, which dominates the assembly
of the North West Frontier Province, or NWFP.
"Dr. Shamsher Ali Khan and his brother were killed in the suicide attack,"
Swat police chief Qazi Ghulam Farooq said.
Spin Zada, a doctor at a local government hospital, confirmed that two bodies
including that of Khan were brought to the hospital, and said 11 people were
also wounded in the blast.
It hit in Kanju town, about 30 kilometers northwest of Swat's main hub,
Mingora.
Swat was the focus of a fierce military offensive begun earlier this year to
rid the northwestern valley of Taliban militants, who had seized many key towns
in the one-time tourism area.
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