Deadly suicide blast hits Punjab
LAHORE, Pakistan (CNN) — A suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a Pakistani Air Force bus, killing at least four people and wounding several others Thursday, police told CNN.
The attack occurred near Sargodha, a city in eastern Punjab province.
Pakistan has been rocked by several bomb blasts in recent weeks. On Tuesday, a suspected suicide bomb attack near Pakistan’s army headquarters in Rawalpindi — which houses President Pervez Musharraf’s office — killed six people and wounded 10 others Tuesday, police have said.
Pakistan is a key ally of the U.S. in the war on terror and it has witnessed scores of bombings targeting civilians and security forces since the September 11, 2001, attacks.
Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup, is under pressure from Washington to crack down on local Islamic militants and remnants of the Taliban and al Qaeda who are believed to be hiding in the country’s tribal areas near Afghanistan. E-mail to a friend
CNN’s Syed Mohsin Naqvi contributed to this report.
