Suicide Bombing Kills 12 at Pakistani Lawmaker's Home
By VOA News
06 October 2008
Pakistani authorities say a suicide bombing has killed 12 people at the home of an opposition lawmaker in eastern Pakistan.
Police official Khadim Hussain says Rashid Akbar Nawani, a member of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's party, was wounded in Monday's blast at his home in the Bhakkar area, in Punjab province.
Hussain says the bomber blew himself up in the middle of a crowd of the politician's supporters.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Pakistan has experienced a wave of violence in recent weeks.
Suspected Taliban militants fired rockets Sunday at the residence of another prominent politician in northwestern Pakistan.
North West Frontier Province chief minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti was not injured in the attack on his house, but witnesses say the rockets caused damage to at least two homes close to his.
Last week, a suicide bombing in Charsadda, at the house of a leading member of Pakistan's coalition government killed four people. The politician (Asfandyar Wali) was not injured.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.
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