Suicide bombing at southwest Pakistan checkpoint kills 3

Senior police officer Azhar Akram said some of the wounded were in critical condition and that the death toll could rise

A suicide bomber detonated his explosives on September 5 near a security checkpoint in restive southwestern Pakistan, killing at least three paramilitary troops and wounding 15 others, police said. Senior police officer Azhar Akram said the attacker had walked toward the checkpoint manned by the paramilitary Frontier Corps on Quetta-Mastung Road, some 25 kilometers (15 miles) south of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province. He said body parts were found at a distance from the security post after the bombing. Mr. Akram said some of the wounded were in critical condition and that the death toll could rise.