Upto 45 people killed in Pakistan suicide attack

ISLAMABAD, July 9 | Fri Jul 9, 2010 3:35am EDT

ISLAMABAD, July 9 (Reuters) - Up to 45 people were killed in a suicide attack outside the office of a senior government official in Pakistan's northwest on Friday, the official said.

"There were two blasts. The first one was small but the second was a big one. Up to 45 people have been killed," Rasool Khan, assistant political agent of Mohmand tribal region, told Reuters. (Reporting by Izaz Mohmand; Writing by Zeeshan Haider; Editing by Chris Allbritton and Ron Popeski) (For more Reuters coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, see: here)

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