Deadly suicide attack in Pakistan

Deadly suicide attack in Pakistan

At least 10 people have been killed and at least 20 injured in a suicide bomb attack near the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say.

The blast ripped through a busy cattle market on the outskirts of the city.

Reports say the bomber appeared to have been targeting a local mayor, who was wounded in the attack.

Islamist militants have unleashed a campaign of attacks in Pakistan in recent weeks in retaliation for an army offensive in South Waziristan.

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