6 killed in suicide attack in NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Six people were killed and several others injured in a suicide attack in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, officials said.

The incident happened in the Shangla area of the province, where the attacker rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a convoy escorted by five vehicles of security forces, sources from the province’s police told Xinhua.

One of the vehicles of the 13-vehicle convoy caught fire and fell into a ravine, following the attack, the sources added.

The area was cordoned off for investigations and the injured are being shifted to hospital.

-Xinhua