Bomb kills 25

A SUICIDE car bombing in Pakistan’s northwest has killed 25 people.

Area mayor Syed Mehtabul Hassan said several others were also wounded yesterday when the bomber detonated his vehicle near a hotel in Kohat town in what might be a sectarian attack.

He told The Associated Press that 25 bodies have been pulled out of the rubble of the hotel and nearby shops.

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