12 October,2009 02:51 PM IST | | Agencies
At least 30 people were killed and 40 injured Monday when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, a lawmaker said.
The explosion took place next to a military vehicle.
The bombing occurred around a busy square in the Alpuri area of Shangla, a mountain district in NWFP, DPA reported.
"According to information reaching me, 30 people, including four soldiers, were killed and 40 or more injured," a member of the legislative assembly, who was only identified as Fazlullah, told Geo television.
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Pakistan has been hit by a string of explosions.
On Friday, a suicide bomber detonated a car stuffed with explosives in a busy market of Peshawar, killing 53 people and injuring over 100.
A suicide bomber blew himself up Oct 5 at the UN World Food Programme office in Islamabad, killing five people.
Terrorists also attacked the Pakistani army's headquarters in Rawalpindi Saturday, leading to a two-day standoff in which 19 people were killed.
