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A suicide bomber has attacked a police checkpoint in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least seven people, officials say. A suicide car bomber has attacked a police checkpoint in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least 10 people, officials say.
Two of those killed were policemen, a spokesman said. More than 25 other people were injured, he added. More than 25 other people were injured in the attack.
Local media said a car laden with explosives had been driven into the checkpoint in the Pushta Khara area. Police say the attacker blew up his explosives-laden car as policemen went to search it in the Pushta Khara area.
Government official Sahibzada Muhammad Anis said the car exploded as police went to search it, AP news agency said. Peshawar has been regularly targeted by militants in recent weeks as the army continues its offensive against the Taliban in the South Waziristan.
Television footage showed a large cloud of smoke and the wreckage of cars. "The car bomber approached a barrier near the police checkpoint and then it exploded," city official Sahibzada Anis told Reuters news agency.
Peshawar has been regularly targeted by militants in recent weeks. Television footage showed a large cloud of smoke and the wreckage of cars after the blast.
An eyewitness said he was waiting in the queue on his motorcycle when he saw a scuffle between the suspected bomber and the police.
"He was a young man, about 20-year-old with small beard and wearing a white cap. When I noticed that his body was swollen, I left my bike there and ran away fearing he might be a bomber," witness Akbar Ali told the AFP news agency.
He added that seconds later a huge blast threw him to the ground.
A car bombing on Friday on intelligence agency offices in the city killed at least 12 people and injured 40.A car bombing on Friday on intelligence agency offices in the city killed at least 12 people and injured 40.
Two weeks ago more than 100 people were killed in a blast at a market.Two weeks ago more than 100 people were killed in a blast at a market.
Bomb attacks have dramatically increased across Pakistan as the army continues an offensive against Taliban militants in the South Waziristan region.
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