In a bloody start to the new year, Pakistan today witnessed a major terror attack when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into the wall of a playground in the country's northwest killing 27 people and injuring several others. <br/><br/>The suicide attack occurred at Shah Hasankhel village, located 25 km from Lakki Marwat in the southern part of the North West Frontier Province. About 50 people were watching a volleyball game between two local teams when the bomber struck the playground's wall with his vehicle. State-run PTV reported that 27 people were killed while police officials said several others were injured. <br/><br/>In a separate attack, a tribal elder associated with an anti-Taliban militia and five others were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in was targeted with a roadside bomb in the restive Bajaur region. Today's attack was the latest in a series of devastating suicide bombings across Pakistan that has killed over 500 people since October last year.