In Lahore, Pakistan there was a suicide blast that had targeted a police truck in the Taliban-dominated area of north West Frontier province. The suicide blast killed 24 people, mostly police last Thursday. This attack occurred in Mangora, which is located in the Swat district of Pakistan. Recently, 2,500 troops were deployed in the area to maintain law and order. Police officer, Amjad Kahn, told the Associated Press that the blast hit a platoon of 43 Frontier Constabulary troops in a truck near the police district headquarters. Last week a suicide bombing in Karachi targeted a convoy carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, which killed 136 people. On Thursday, Bhutto told CNN she intends to visit her constituency in Larkana on Saturday amid security fears after last week’s bombing. Hours after Bhutto’s arrival in Karachi, the attack occurred. She feels a dilemma in her decision to return to her ancestral village. She told CNN International that she did not want to risk any more lives but they feel if they do not take the risks in traveling then in fact militants and their sponsers, organizers, and financers will suceed in stopping the democraic process. Pakistan suspects al Qaeda for the suicide attack even though no real suspects have been accused. Bhutto was not hurt in the attacks but she not only wants to find the people who carried out the attack, but also those financing and organizing them. She blames Islamic militants as well as securtity services and elements within the government.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/25/pakistan.blast/index.html
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