In Pakistan, 13 people were killed and 80 injured in a suicide bombing in Lahore on Monday. The blast occurred when a Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a building where police interrogate high value terror suspects in Model Town area of Lahore. <br/><br/>Police said, the bomber used 800 kgs of explosives to carryout the strike which completely destroyed the building. Officials said, out of 80, the condition of about two dozen injured is critical. Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Azam Tariq has claimed responsibility for the attack. <br/><br/>In another incident, missiles fired from a US drone killed at least six people and injured four others in northwest Pakistan's lawless north Waziristan tribal region on Monday. <br/><br/>Official sources said, the drone fired five missiles at targets near Miranshah, the main town in north Waziristan Agency. The identity of the dead could not immediately be ascertained.
News On AIR | March 9, 2010 9:17 AM
13 people killed in Lahore suicide car bomb attack