
An injured being treated at a hospital in Bannu. A suicide bomber disguised in a woman’s burqa blew himself up at a busy police checkpost in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 16 people including four policemen.(AFP/Tariq Mahmood)
The burka-clad bomber exploded himself (or possibly herself) when police stopped to check his rickshaw.
The BBC reported:
A suicide bomber, wearing a woman’s burka, has killed at least 15 people in an attack at a busy police checkpoint in north-west Pakistan, officials say.
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Four policemen were among the dead, and at least 20 people were injured in the blast in the garrison town of Bannu.
The bomb was detonated in a rickshaw, which had been stopped for inspection.
It is the latest in a series of deadly attacks blamed on Islamist militants in the North Waziristan tribal region near the border with Afghanistan.
Police officials said the bomber was wearing a burka, a woman’s garment which covers the body from head to toe.
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3 Terrorists Busted in Hijabs With 500 KG of Explosives
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