Suicide bomber killed trying to attack Pakistan camp

PAKISTAN: A suicide bomber tried to force his vehicle into a Pakistani military camp in the northwest on Friday but was blown up when soldiers opened fire on him, a day after dozens of people were killed in violence across the region

Violence has intensified in Pakistan in recent weeks with the military battling militants in three different northwestern areas and militants responding with bomb attacks on security forces.

The deteriorating security comes as the main political parties are locked in dispute over the judiciary, and as the economy falters, dashing hopes for stability in the nuclear-armed country after Pervez Musharraf resigned as president last week.

The suicide bomber tried to ram his vehicle into a paramilitary force camp in the Darra Adam Kheil region, south of the main northwestern city of Peshawar.

"The vehicle could not enter the gate and exploded when security people fired on it," said Siraj Ahmed, the region's top administration official.

KOHAT, Friday, Reuters