Suicide bomber targets US diplomats in revenge attack

A Taliban suicide bomber rammed his motorbike into an armoured vehicle taking American officials to the US consulate in north-west Pakistan today, in a strike the militants said was in revenge for the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

Two Americans suffered minor injuries, but one Pakistani passer-by was killed and at least 10 others were wounded in the attack in the city of Peshawar, officials said.