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1 Dead, 4 Wounded in Pakistan Suicide Attack

   VOA News  June 13, 2011
   Pakistani security officials examine the site of a suicide bombing in
   Islamabad, Pakistan. A suicide bomber blew himself up at a busy market
   in the Pakistani capital, killing at least one person in the first
   bombing in Islamabad in over a year and a half,

Photo: AP

   Pakistani security officials examine the site of a suicide bombing in
   Islamabad, Pakistan. A suicide bomber blew himself up at a busy market
   in the Pakistani capital, killing at least one person in the first
   bombing in Islamabad in over a year and a half, police said, June 13,
   2011

   Pakistan police say a suicide bomber blew himself up Monday at a bank
   in the Pakistan capital, Islamabad, killing one person and wounding at
   least four people. The assault was the first bombing in Islamabad in
   nearly two years.
   Police say the attacker detonated his explosives when a security guard
   stopped the bomber from entering the bank. Authorities say the security
   guard was killed.
   No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing, but the Pakistani
   Taliban have pledged to carry out attacks in retaliation for the U.S.
   raid that killed Osama bin Laden last month in a garrison town near
   Islamabad.
   Earlier Monday, Pakistani security officials said a roadside bomb blast
   killed three Pakistani soldiers in the tribal belt bordering
   Afghanistan.
   Officials say at least three other soldiers were wounded in the
   explosion in the Ladha area of the South Waziristan tribal region -
   Pakistan's main stronghold of Taliban and al-Qaida-linked militants.
   Militants have launched a number of attacks against Pakistani security
   forces following the May 2 killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden
   by U.S. forces.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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