Suicide Attack in Pakistan

A suicide bomber entered a naval academy and blew himself up killing 6 others. It seems that terrorists are taking full advantage of the fact that there is no formal government in place yet. The terrorists can attack and expect no retaliation. Probably also trying to send a message to the PPP before it is able to form a coalition government.

LAHORE (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least six people and wounded 19 in an attack on Tuesday on a Pakistan naval college in the eastern city of Lahore, officials said.

Interior Ministry spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema told a news conference that a mini-bus entered the college when a suicide bomber following closely behind blew up his vehicle.

The bomber killed himself and four others in the initial attack, navy officials said, but two more people died in secondary explosions that followed.

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Over 500 people have been killed in related violence since the start of the year, stoking fears over the deteriorating security situation in the nuclear-armed state.

Tackling the violence will provide a tough test for the incoming government following elections two weeks ago which saw no clear winner emerge, leading to coalition talks between various parties mostly hostile to President Pervez Musharraf.

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Elsewhere in Pakistan on Tuesday, five people including four militants were killed in a gun battle with police near the town of Lakki Marwat in the northwest, police said. The dead included two Uzbek and two local militants.

The shootout, near the town where three police were killed by a roadside bomb on Friday, broke out after militants kidnapped a local councilor and two colleagues.