(AKI) - By Syed Saleem Shahzad - The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in northwest Pakistan that killed at least ten people on Tuesday.The attack occurred in a military camp in Tota Bandi, in the volatile Swat Valley. Initial reports suggested that over 300 military personnel were in a school building they were using as a base, when the attack was carried out. It took place only a day after local tribes and militants had agreed on a ceasefire.
The suicide attacker was reported to have entered the site and blown himself up as militants opened the fire on the school and also fired mortar shells.
The suicide attack occurred as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said both Pakistan and Britain were facing the menace of terrorism. Gordon Brown met Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari here in London on his first official visit as head of state. The president was accompanied by Interior Advisor Rehman Malik and Pakistani High Commissioner to the UK, Wajid Shamsul Hassan.