Across Asia: Pakistan
China Daily | Updated: 2008-10-07 07:45
Suicide bomber kills 12
A suicide bomber killed at least 12 people and wounded a leading Pakistani opposition politician and member of the minority Shi'ite Muslim community yesterday, police said.
The attack targeted the home of Rashid Akbar Khan Nawani, a member of parliament in former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's party, in the town of Bhakkar, 260 km southwest of Islamabad.
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