Suicide bomber kills 7 in NW Pakistan
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A suicide bomber struck Monday near the home of a Pakistani provincial government minister whose only son was recently killed by suspected Islamist militants, officials said. Seven people were killed and 20 wounded.
Mian Iftikhar Hussain, information minister of Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa province and an outspoken critic of the Taliban, was the apparent target. He receiving condolences from visitors at his house in Pabbi town at the time of the blast. He escaped unharmed. (AP)
