Ten killed in Mardan suicide attack

Updated at: 2212 PST, Friday, October 31, 2008 MARDAN: Ten people including five police personnel were killed and 25 others injured in a suicide attack on a police convoy here on Friday.The suicide bomber blew himself up when he was stopped by the policemen at the entrance of the office of DIG Mardan Akhtar Ali.The powerful blast shattered the window panes of the buildings adjacent to the DIG’s office.The suicide bomber came on foot, said the eyewitnesses.The initial investigations reveal that the bomber was strapped with 6 kilograms of explosives. Eight people including four policemen died on the spot while a passerby and a policeman succumbed to their injuries later in a hospital.DIG Mardan Akhter Ali Shah, while confirming the suicide attack, said that police cordoned off the area.The injured are being provided medical treatment at the hospitals of Mardan and Peshawar where condition of four persons is said to be critical.