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Suicide Attack Kills 32 in Northwest Pakistan

   VOA News  May 26, 2011

   A suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan has killed at least 32 people,
   the second such attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban in as many
   days.
   Police say the bomber detonated a small truck full of explosives near a
   police station in the town of Hangu in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
   Thursday's blast wounded at least 56 people and damaged several nearby
   shops and buildings.
   On Wednesday, a suicide car bomber attacked a police building in the
   provincial capital, Peshawar, killing at least eight people - mostly
   police officers. The Taliban said the attack avenged the death of Osama
   bin Laden.
   U.S. Special Forces killed the al-Qaida leader during a May 2 raid in
   the Pakistani city of Abbottabad.

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

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