The Oklahoman

Suicide bombing at southwest Pakistan checkpoint kills 3

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QUETTA, Pakistan – A suicide bomber detonated his explosives Sunday near a security checkpoint in restive southweste­rn Pakistan, killing at least three paramilita­ry troops and wounding 15 others, police said. Senior police officer Azhar Akram said the attacker had walked toward the checkpoint manned by the paramilita­ry Frontier Corps on Quetta-Mastung Road, some 15 miles south of Quetta, the capital of Baluchista­n province. He said body parts were found at a distance from the security post after the bombing.

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