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Bombing kills 12, wounds 35 in northwestern Pakistan
Pakistani army soldiers patrol outside the army public school during a ceremony in connection with first anniversary of the school attack in Peshawar, Pakistan, Dec
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Pakistani army soldiers patrol outside the army public school during a ceremony in connection with first anniversary of the school attack in Peshawar, Pakistan, Dec. 16. (AP/Mohammad Sajjad) (AP/Mohammad Sajjad)
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span class="inline inline-center">Pakistani army soldiers patrol outside the army public school during a ceremony in connection with first anniversary of the school attack in Peshawar, Pakistan, Dec. 16. (AP/Mohammad Sajjad)
Pakistani police say a bomb has gone off outside a government office in the northwestern city of Mardan, killing at least 12 people and wounding 35.
Senior police officer Saeed Khan Wazir says Tuesday's attack took place outside the regional office of the National Database and Registration Authority, which issues identity cards to Pakistanis.
He says the police are still trying to determine whether the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber or if the bomb was rigged to a motorcycle.
Wazir says the dead and wounded are being taken to hospitals.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but previous such attacks have been blamed on the Pakistani Taliban.
Mardan is about 50 kilometers (30 miles) northwest of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan. (kes)(+)
