Motorcycle suicide bomber kills 15 in Pakistan (it's Independence Day)

By artappraiser on Sun, 08/13/2017 - 7:53pm |

Twenty-five people wounded after 25kg bomb detonates in Quetta amid celebrations for forthcoming independence day

By Associated Press from Quetta, Aug. 12

A suicide bomber on a motorcycle has targeted a military truck with a bomb killing eight soldiers and seven civilians in the south-western city of Quetta, Pakistani officials have said.

Kabeer Khan, an explosives expert who examined the site, said after collecting forensic evidence that it was a suicide attack and that the attacker had been carrying 25kg of “incendiary explosives” on a motorcycle that he had rammed into the military truck [....]

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/12/motorcycle-suicide-bomber-kills-15-people-in-pakistan