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FACTBOX-Security developments in Pakistan, April 7

by Reuters
Thursday, 7 April 2011 11:19 GMT

April 7 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Pakistan at 1100 GMT:

* denotes new or updated development

QUETTA - A suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into the house of a senior police officer in the southwestern city of Quetta, killing at least one man and wounding four people, including two children, police said.

* MOHMAND - Four soldiers and 10 militants were killed in a clash in the northwestern tribal region of Mohmand, on the border with Afghanistan, where troops have been battling pro-Taliban insurgents, security officials said.

In a separate incident, suspected militants set off a roadside bomb as a military convoy passed through the area of Baizai, wounding two soldiers, government officials said.

* KHYBER - Six soldiers were wounded when a roadside bomb laid by militants detonated near a military convoy in the tribal region of Khyber, security officials said.

(Compiled by Zeeshan Haider; Editing by Rebecca Conway)

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