Three soldiers among four die in suicide attack

A suicide bomber killed four persons, including three soldiers, in the North Waziristan region on Tuesday, hours after pro-Taliban militants vowed to launch attacks on security forces. The attack on a checkpost manned by the army and paramilitary troops was the latest in a wave of violence in the NWFP province.
Much of the violence is believed to be aimed at avenging a commando assault on the Lal Masjid last week. A suicide bomber leapt from the roof of a vehicle as it stopped at a checkpost and blew himself up, killing two soldiers and a passer-by and wounding four soldiers, a military spokesman said. One of the soldiers later died of his wounds.