4 killed in suicide bomb attack in northwestern Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, July 20 Kyodo

Three civilians and a security man were killed Friday in a suicide bomb attack in Pakistan's tribal area bordering Afghanistan, security officials said.

The suicide bomber rammed an explosive-packed car into a paramilitary security check-post on a road in North Waziristan Tribal Agency, the officials said.

Six people including three paramilitary personnel were also injured, they said.

Pakistan has been hit by a series of retaliatory bomb attacks after a siege and assault by security forces on Islamabad's Red Mosque compound where militant Islamists barricaded themselves inside earlier this month.

At least 103 people were killed in the assault.

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