PESHAWAR, Dec 04 (AFP): A burka clad female suicide bomber blew herself up at a check post in northwest Pakistan Tuesday, in the country's first such attack involving a woman, the police said.
There were no other casualties in the blast in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, which is near the tribal belt bordering Afghanistan where troops are battling Islamic militants, they said.
It happened in a high-security zone where intelligence services buildings and also a Christian convent school are located, provincial police chief Mohammad Sharif told the news agency.
"This is the first suicide attack carried out by a woman in Pakistan. She was the single casualty," Sharif said.
"The suicide bomber was a woman," senior police official Kadir Khan said.
"She came to the army check post, she was stopped but she blew herself up. No soldiers were injured in the blast."
Female suicide bomber killed in Pakistan blast
FE Team | Published: December 05, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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