Pakistan: 12 Yr Old Bomber Kills 32
The Los Angeles Times reports:
The death toll in a suicide bomb blast at a military training school in the northwest city of Mardan rose to 32 Thursday in an attack that underscored militants' ability to strike sensitive Pakistani installations despite a series of army offensives aimed at uprooting the country's homegrown insurgency.
The attack occurred at the Punjab Regiment Center, an army training camp, just as cadets had assembled on the grounds and were going through their morning exercises. Zeeshan Haider, a local police official, said a teenage boy dressed in a school uniform appeared on the grounds and detonated the explosives-laden suicide vest he was wearing.
The blast injured 42 other cadets, several critically, authorities said. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the Associated Press.
The bomber was able to penetrate a heavily secured district that is off-limits to the general public. Despite the high level of security, it wasn't the first time the training center has been hit; a suicide bomb attack on the same facility in 2006 killed 35 people. After the bombing Thursday, security forces cordoned off the area and did not allow the media inside.
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