Suicide Attack in Northwest Pakistan kills 10

A Suicide Attacker set off a bomb at a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 52, officials and a doctor said, underscoring the relentless security threat to this Islamic nation.

It was the second attack in Pakistan in less than 24 hours. Suicide Bombers killed 55 people in near-simultaneous blasts Saturday in the eastern city of Lahore.

In the Saturday violence, an Attacker driving a motorized three-wheeler Rickshaw detonated explosives at a road block Manned by soldiers and police in the town of Saidu Sharif in the Swat Valley, police official Qazi Farooq said.

Swat was the scene of months of violence last year between Islamists militants and Pakistan's security forces.

Lal Noor, a doctor at a local hospital, said 10 people died in the attack - one soldier, one policeman and eight Civilians - and another 52 were wounded.

The Pakistani military launched a major offensive in Swat early last year after the collapse of peace talks with local Taliban officials - who at the time controlled much of the valley.

The military took back the Swat Valley by mid-2009, but sporadic violence has continued.Read More Story,http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkiMxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD9EDK0TO0

Suicide Attack in Northwest Pakistan kills 10