A suicide bomber blew up his car at a check point near a Shia dominated area here late on Tuesday, killing six people and wounding more than 30, officials said. The attacker had attempted to drive his vehicle into Hazara Town, where a recent surge in sectarian unrest has killed scores of Shias, city police chief Zubair Mahmood said.
"He detonated the vehicle when the soldiers at a paramilitary check post near the Shia neighbourhood stopped it," the police officer told AFP. The blast left six people dead including a soldier, senior administration official Abdul Mansoor told AFP. Senior provincial government official Akbar Durrani confirmed the attack and the casualties.
"We have collected details from different hospitals and the death toll is six," he said, adding that 37 others, including two soldiers, were wounded. "The bomber was heading to the Hazara community's area. It was a huge blast heard several kilometres away," he said, adding that several shops were damaged in the bombing.