Taliban Child suicide bomber kills 19 in Pakistan

Child suicide bomber kills 19 in Pakistan
11 September 2007

ISLAMABAD - A suicide bomber aged around 15 years old blew himself up by a crowded minivan in north-western Pakistan Tuesday, killing himself and 18 other people, news reports said.

The boy detonated an explosive vest when security forces stopped the vehicle in the town of Dera Ismail Khan and asked him to turn himself into custody.

Two police officers, two soldiers and passengers died in the blast, Pakistan’s Aaj and other news channels reported, while the town’s police chief said the boy was aged 14 or 15.

Around a dozen people were injured in the explosion. Body parts littered the scene of the blast, confusing initial casualty estimates.