16 die in Pakistan suicide bombing

Islamabad : Sixteen people died in Pakistan Saturday in a suicide bomb attack, media reports said.

The blast took place in a market in Darra Adam Khel town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Over 40 people were injured, and some of them were shifted to hospitals in Kohat and Peshawar, the provincial capital, Geo News reported.

According to Xinhua, the explosion took place around 10.30 a.m. near a pro-government militia’s office. About 10 shops were destroyed in the blast.