Death toll in Pakistan bomb blast rises to 16

ISLAMABAD, Sept 7 | Tue Sep 7, 2010 12:00pm EDT

ISLAMABAD, Sept 7 (Reuters) - At least 16 people were killed in a car bomb attack at a residential complex for police officers in the northwestern Pakistani town of Kohat on Tuesday, police said.

"Right now the death toll is 16. It includes four women and six children," Kohat police spokesman Fazal Naeem told Reuters. He said more than 50 people had been wounded. (Reporing by Zeeshan Haider; Editing by Chris Allbritton) (For more Reuters coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, see: here)

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