Suicide bomber killed

Published September 23, 2007

TANK: A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden jeep into a military truck near Tank on Saturday, killing himself and wounding three soldiers, witnesses said.

They said a military convoy was going from Tank to the Frontier Region of Jandola when the jeep hit one of the vehicles carrying soldiers near a customs check post. The jeep was completely destroyed in the blast.

The injured soldiers were taken to a hospital.

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