Death Toll From Overnight Bombing in Pakistan Rises to 8

Death Toll From Overnight Bombing in Pakistan Rises to 8
Rescue workers carry the body of a blast victim into an ambulance following an overnight bomb blast in Pakistan's northwest Swat valley on Sept. 13, 2022. AFP via Getty Images
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan—Eight people have been killed in a roadside bombing that targeted an anti-Taliban village elder’s vehicle in northwestern Pakistan, police said.

Saeed Khan, a senior police official in Swat, said the slain head of a village peace committee, Idrees Khan, was traveling in the area when the roadside bomb hit his vehicle. He said that initial reports suggested the bombing killed five but later they concluded eight people had died, including two policemen.