Pakistan Suicide Bombs Kill 24

Wave of post-bin Laden violence continues
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Jun 5, 2011 2:08 PM CDT
Pakistan Suicide Bombs Kill 24
A supporter of the Pakistani religious party Jamaat-e-Islami shouts during a rally against drone attacks Saturday, June 4, 2011 in Karachi, Pakistan.   (Fareed Khan)

Police say a suicide bomber has attacked a bakery in northwest Pakistan, killing 18 people and wounding 40 others. A police official says the attack occurred late today in a neighborhood where army personnel live in the town of Nowshera. It was the second bomb blast of the day: An earlier attack killed six people at a bus stop in the Matani area, also in the northwest. The bombings were the latest in a wave of bloodshed to hit Pakistan since the May 2 US raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad. Click for more on yesterday's strike on "the brain" of al-Qaeda. (More Pakistan stories.)

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