13-Year-Old Boy Kills 41 In Suicide Blast In Swat
October 12 2009
Pakistan
An apparent suicide bomber attacked a Pakistani paramilitary convoy Monday in the Shangla district near Swat Valley, the Voice of America News reports.
At least 41 people were killed and 45 were injured, reported Agence France-Presse. Six of those killed were military personnel.
"It was a suicide blast. The attacker was on foot," said an army spokesman, as quoted by the Daily Telegraph (U.K). The military said that the bomber was a 13-year-old boy.
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