Pakistan official: 41 killed in market bombing

[October 12, 2009]  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A Pakistani official says 41 people have been killed in a suicide car bombing targeting an army vehicle in the northwest Shangla district.

Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain says Monday's attack also wounded 45 people. He says six security personnel are among the dead.

The blast in the market was the latest in a string of major attacks in Pakistan, underscoring militant strength ahead of an expected offensive in the main al-Qaida and Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan.

[Associated Press]

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