October 30, 2007
Suicide Bomber Detonates Near Pakistani Army HQ
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police checkpoint near Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's army home in Rawalpindi today. At least seven people were killed near the army headquarters, but Musharraf was in his office a mile away at the time of the attack and was not injured.
Another high-ranking Pakistani official, joint chiefs of staff chairman Gen. Tariq Majid, also has a residence near the blast, but he is newly appointed to the post and had not yet moved in.
The city police chief said three passersby and three policemen were among the seven people killed. Eleven were injured. Rawalpindi has been the site of two other deadly suicide bombings -- part of a spate of attacks in Pakistan blamed on radical Islamic militants -- in the last two months.
BBC News has more details.
