Posted AT 1:22 AM EST on 07/10/08
Suicide bomber kills at least 18 at Pakistani politician's home
ISLAMABAD — A wave of violence from Islamic extremists against Pakistan's politicians intensified yesterday with a suicide bombing at the home of an opposition legislator that left at least 18 dead.
An attacker walked into an open meeting that member of parliament Rashid Akbar Nowani was holding in the courtyard of his home in the central town of Bhakkar, in Punjab province, and blew himself up amid a throng of about 200.
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