Female suicide bomber dies in explosion in Pakistani city

  • 12/15/2022
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan, December 04, SPA -- A female suicide bomber blew herself up near a school in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday, police said, in Pakistan's first known case of a suicide attack by a woman. The woman was killed, but there were no other casualties,according to police officer Ashraf Khan. She was walkingnear a school and a military checkpoint when explosives strapped to her body went off, killing her instantly, Khan said. Peshawar police chief Tanveerul Haq Sipra told reportersat the scene that an initial examination of the woman'sremains indicated she may have been in her 30s. «It is premature to say what may have been her target,»Sipra was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/506048

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