A suicide bomber killed at least ten people, including an election candidate, and wounded 13 others in Pakistan's tribal region of North Waziristan, tribal police said Monday. | Hey! How's that hudna thing going? |
It was not clear which party the candidate was linked to. Candidates must, by law, stand as independents in Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, but are often affiliated to political groupings. Police said there was no claim of responsibility for the bombing in the village of Aidak, near the major town of Mir Ali, but it has fuelled fears for security of Pakistan's February 18 elections.
A suicide bombing at an election rally held by a small nationalist opposition party in the northwestern town of Charsadda on Saturday killed at least 25 people. More than 80 people have died in suicide and other attacks this year in a wave of violence following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto at an election rally on December 27. Bhutto's killing has been blamed on an Al-Qaeda-linked militant commander based in the tribal region of South Waziristan, which borders the area where Monday's suicide attack took place.
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