Roadside bomb in Pakistan kills four police officers
A ROADSIDE bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying security forces in restive north-west Pakistan, killing four police officers and wounding five others, officials said today.
The deadly attack came the same day two schoolchildren were killed when a mortar exploded near them elsewhere in the north-west.
The roadside bombing happened on Wednesday in South Waziristan district, a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, local police officer Dilawar Khan said.
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