Pakistan 'suicide bomber' targets police station

killed at least 14 people

A suspected suicide car bombing in north-west Pakistan has killed at least 14 people, police say. The explosion took place at a police station in the town of Lakki Marwat in the Khyber region south of Peshawar. There are reports that police officers are among the casualties. Nearly 100 people were killed in suicide bomb attacks on Shia Muslim processions in the cities of Lahore and Quetta last week. The attacks ended a lull in violence during severe floods.  A police official in Lakki Marwat said a car bomb was driven into the police station. "A suicide attacker drove his bomb-laden vehicle into the back of the police post," Gul Wali Khan told the AFP news agency.

Rescue workers and police officials are digging through the rubble left by the bombing, another officer told the Associated Press. Pakistan's security forces have been fighting Taliban and al-Qaeda militants based in the north-west of the country. Members of the Afghan Taliban are also based in the region.