Bomb hits school bus in Pakistan

by BBC (reposted)

Thu, Oct 9, 2008 7:45AM

Thursday, October 9, 2008 :At least nine people were killed when a roadside bomb exploded close to a prison vehicle and a school bus in north-western Pakistan, officials say.

The remote-controlled device exploded in the Upper Dir district of North-West Frontier Province near the Swat Valley.

Officials said those killed by the blast included four schoolgirls, three policemen and two of the prisoners.

Earlier, a suicide bomb attack on the main police complex in central Islamabad wounded at least 13 people.

The bombings came just over two weeks after more than 50 people were killed and more than 260 wounded in a suicide bombing at the capital's Marriott hotel.

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