A suicide bomber exploded his vehicle at an arms bazaar Saturday in northwestern Pakistan, killing 16 people and wounding 15.
Azam Khan, the top government official for home and tribal affairs for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, said the explosion at the Firdous Arms Market killed mostly local tribesmen. The market is in the semitribal frontier town of Darra Adam Khel, south of Peshawar, the provincial capital. The target of the attack was not immediately known, Khan said, but it is generally believed that the bomber was aiming at pro-government Afridi tribesmen who have been fighting Taliban-affiliated groups in the area.
