Female bomber targets politician in Pakistan

A woman suicide bomber detonated her explosives near the convoy of a former leader of Pakistan’s largest Islamist party, a government official said today.

Female bomber targets politician in Pakistan
Mon, 19 Nov, 2012 - 09:17

A woman suicide bomber detonated her explosives near the convoy of a former leader of Pakistan’s largest Islamist party, a government official said today.

Shamsur Rehman Khan said Qazi Husain Ahmad, the former chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, escaped unhurt in the attack in the Mohmand tribal region in the north-west. Three of his aides were injured.

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