Suicide bomber in rickshaw kills 15
From Times Wire Reports
A suicide bomber killed four police officers and 11 others today in northwestern Pakistan, police said.
The bomb was in a rickshaw being examined at a checkpoint in the town of Bannu, in the North-West Frontier Province, police said. It was unclear if the driver or a passenger wearing a burka detonated it.
Fighting between Islamic militants and security forces has been raging in the tribal regions.
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