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Dozen hurt in blast in northwest Pakistan

At least a dozen people were wounded in a blast at an office of a Muslim cleric in Pakistan's north-western Khyber tribal region on Thursday, officials and witnesses said.

Posted: Thursday, May 1, 2008, 7:25 (BST)
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At least a dozen people were wounded in a blast at an office of a Muslim cleric in Pakistan's north-western Khyber tribal region on Thursday, officials and witnesses said.

"We have reports of a blast in Bara in which several people have been wounded," said an official, referring to the town in the region in North West Frontier Province.



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