Ten killed in fresh suicide blast
Soldiers and emergency workers a the site of a double suicide bomb attack in Lahore, Pakistan (AP)
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A suicide attacker struck a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 50 others.
The attacker -- who was in a three-wheeled auto-rickshaw -- detonated explosives in the Saidu Sharif town of Swat district, police official Qazi Farooq said.
Army spokesman Major Mushtaq Khan said a soldier, a policeman and five civilians were among those who died in the attack.
Major Khan said the checkpoint was being jointly manned by troops and police. The blast also damaged several vehicles, and the victims were transported to a nearby hospital, he said.
The Pakistani military launched a major offensive in Swat early last year after peace deals with local Taliban collapsed.
The military took back the Swat Valley by mid-2009, but sporadic violence continued.
No one claimed responsibility for today's attack, but the suspicion fell on militants who stepped up attacks against police and security forces in recent months.
The attack came a day after two suicide bombers killed 43 people in near-simultaneous blasts in the eastern city of Lahore.
Friday's bombings also wounded about 100 people, raising fears of a new wave of attacks by Islamic militants.
Underscoring the widespread fear, a series of small explosions injured at least three people and sparked panic in another Lahore neighbourhood.
