Suicide attack in northwest Pakistan kills 13
A renewed wave of violence struck Saturday in small-town Pakistan when a suicide bomber on a motorized rickshaw killed 13 people at a security checkpoint, raising fears the nation is sliding back into a period of relentless bloodletting. The blast, the second major attack in Pakistan in less than 24 hours, occurred in the Swat Valley, where Taliban fighters battled government soldiers for months last year.
No one has claimed responsibility for either attack, but suspicion quickly fell on the loose network of Islamist insurgents who have been fighting the US-allied Islamabad government and who have stepped up attacks against security forces in recent days. (AP)
