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At least eight people have been killed and 40 injured after a rocket attack by suspected Islamic militants on a city in north-west Pakistan, police say.At least eight people have been killed and 40 injured after a rocket attack by suspected Islamic militants on a city in north-west Pakistan, police say.
Four rockets were fired into Bannu hitting a number of houses, a mosque and a shop, a police official said.Four rockets were fired into Bannu hitting a number of houses, a mosque and a shop, a police official said.
Bombings and attacks have soared in Pakistan since security forces ousted pro-Taleban militants from a radical mosque in Islamabad earlier in July.Bombings and attacks have soared in Pakistan since security forces ousted pro-Taleban militants from a radical mosque in Islamabad earlier in July.
About 180 people, mostly police and soldiers, have died in the attacks. About 200 people, mostly police and soldiers, have died in the attacks.
Most of the unrest has been in Pakistan's north-west region.
Civilians hit
The attack on Bannu came before dawn.
Police have sealed all entry and exit points and also tightened security in the town Bannu police officer Mohammad GhulamPolice have sealed all entry and exit points and also tightened security in the town Bannu police officer Mohammad Ghulam
The city is near the Afghan border on the edge of the North Waziristan tribal region, a centre of support for pro-Taleban militants. Meanwhile, one of Pakistan's most wanted Islamic militant leaders has been buried, a day after officials said he had blown himself up to avoid arrest.
Abdullah Mehsud, a Taleban veteran who the US freed from Guantanamo Bay, was laid to rest in his home village of Nano in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal area.
There was a huge turnout by local militants and tribesmen for the funeral. Mehsud was given a gun salute before being buried in his family's ancestral graveyard.
Civilians hit
Bannu is near the Afghan border on the edge of the North Waziristan tribal region, a centre of support for pro-Taleban militants.
The attack came before dawn.
"They hit civilian areas. Eight people, including a woman, have been killed," Bannu's police chief, Daar Ali Khattak, told Reuters news agency."They hit civilian areas. Eight people, including a woman, have been killed," Bannu's police chief, Daar Ali Khattak, told Reuters news agency.
But local journalists and eyewitnesses said the toll was higher. They said at least 14 people died in the attack. But local journalists and eyewitnesses said the toll was higher. They said at least 14 people died in the attack. At least five policemen were among the injured.
No group has said it carried out the rocket attack. It is not clear what the target of Wednesday's attack was and no group has said it fired the rockets, two of which landed not far from a police station in the crowded old city.
The BBC's Dan Isaacs in Islamabad says most previous attacks have targeted the police and army, but not apparently on this occasion - although at least five policemen were among the injured. Observers say other police stations on the edge of the city would have presented targets with less risk to civilians.
Islamic militant groups have claimed responsibility for previous attacks in the region, our correspondent says. Islamic militant groups have claimed responsibility for previous attacks in the region, most of which have been aimed at police and soldiers.
Separately, a bomb explosion reportedly damaged a high school in Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan, on Wednesday morning, but no casualties were reported. Other violence
And in the Khaar area further north, suspected militants have killed two Pakistani soldiers whom they kidnapped on Monday. Following the mosque assault, militants along the border scrapped controversial peace accords with the government.
In Balochistan province to the south, police said that unidentified gunmen shot dead a former Taleban commander, Mullah Naimatullah Noorzai, in the town of Chaman. Violence has risen dramatically since then, most of it in Pakistan's north-west.
The mosque assault prompted militants along the border to scrap controversial peace accords with the government. On Wednesday, security fears prompted government offices and banks to close for a second day running in Miran Shah, the main town in North Waziristan.
President Musharraf promised to root out extremists from every corner of the country. A number of blasts were reported in the town, but no casualties.
Violence has risen dramatically since then. And in the Khaar area further north, suspected militants killed two Pakistani soldiers kidnapped on Monday.
On Monday, the army said it had killed 35 militants in North Waziristan near the border with Afghanistan. To the south, in Balochistan province, police said that unidentified gunmen had shot dead a former Taleban commander, Mullah Naimatullah Noorzai, in the town of Chaman.
A day later, one of Pakistan's most wanted Islamic militants, Abdullah Mehsud, killed himself to avoid arrest, officials said.