3 soldiers killed in Pakistan suicide blast

Islamabad, Feb 3 (IANS) At least three army officers were killed and seven others injured in a suicide blast inside an army unit in Pakistan’s northwest Swat district on Saturday, officials said.

The Inter-Services Public Relations, Pakistan Army’s media wing, said in a statement that the attack happened in a sports area of the unit in Kabal town of Swat, a district located in the country’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

The attack happened when the soldiers were playing volleyball.

–IANS

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