Killed by attack on checkpoint Pakistan

peshawar - At least ten people, including a child, were killed by a suicide bomber at a checkpoint in Pakistan. This was reported by the local police Tuesday. There were more than twenty wounded in the attack in the city of Peshawar.

In the region the Pakistani army fighting militants from the Taliban. The affected checkpoint is on a main road to the border with Afghanistan.

According to police, the perpetrator drove a moped at the checkpoint and blew himself up. Among the dead are also five policemen. The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack.