PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A bomb blast in northern Pakistan on Wednesday killed five people including a former senator, police said.
The senator was on campaign in an election in Bajur tribal district along the Afghan border when his vehicle was hit by a remote controlled bomb, said police official Bakht Munir. The Pakistani Taliban denied involvement.
(Reporting by Mushtaq Ali; Writing by Asif Shahzad; Editing by Peter Graff)
