Suicice Car Bomb Kills 11 In Pakistan

November 15, 2009 9:45 a.m. EST

Washington, DC (AHN) - Eleven people were killed and at least 26 were wounded when a suicide car bomber blew himself up at a police check point in Peshawar, Pakistan Saturday.

Among the dead are three women and three children, CNN reported. Shafi Ullah, deputy superintendent of police, said about 110 to 132 pounds of explosives were used to make the bomb.

Pakistani intelligence officials said the bomb was likely in response to Peshawar police operations to rout militants from the North West Frontier Province.

Peshawar was also the scene of a suicide bombing on Friday, which along with another in nearby Bannu, killed at least 17 people.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for those attacks.