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Suicide Bomber Kills 7 Near Pakistani Minister’s Home

26 July 2010 20:07 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Pakistani police say a suicide bomber has killed seven people and wounded at least 21 others outside the home of a provincial government minister in northwest Pakistan,APA reports quoting voanews.com website.

Monday’s attack came just two days after the son of the same minister was shot dead by suspected Islamist militants.

Police say the information minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, Mian Iftikhar Hussain, was receiving condolences for his son’s death at his home in the town of Pabbi, near the provincial capital, Peshawar, when a suicide bomber tried to get past security. The attacker detonated his explosives after being intercepted, killing at least three police officers.

Hussain is an outspoken critic of the Taliban. Officials say he and his family has received threats in the past.