Suicide car blast kills five, hurts 25 in Pakistan

FE Team | Published: March 25, 2011 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

PESHAWAR, Mar 24: A suicide car bomb targeting a police station Thursday killed five people and wounded 25 others in a restive northwestern Pakistani town, the police said. A police officer and four civilians died in the attack in Doaba town in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, while part of the police station was demolished and at least 10 houses damaged, senior local police official Abdul Rashid said. "The bomber, riding an explosive-packed car, blew himself up near a police station, killing five people and wounding 25 others," Rashid said. - AFP