By IANS,
Islamabad : One policeman died in northwest Pakistan Saturday when a suicide bomber attacked a convoy carrying a local politician.
Aftab Ahmad Sherpao was returning from a public gathering when his convoy was attacked around 5.00 p.m. in Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. He was safe.
Eight others, including a provincial assembly member and two policemen, were injured.
The Taliban has claimed the responsibility for the attack.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik has ordered the local authorities to conduct a thorough investigation.
Bomb disposal squad later found the head and the legs of the bomber.
Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani has condemned the attack.
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