At least 16 people were killed on Fridayin a suicide attack in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt along the Afghan border.

At least 16 people were killed on Friday in a suicide attack in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt along the Afghan border.

Five policemen were among the killed in the attack that was targeting a tribal police in Khar, the main town of Bajaur tribal district.
"The death toll has risen to 16. Five of them were tribal policemen," Abdul Haseeb, an administration official in Khar, told AFP.

Tariq Khan, a senior government official in Khar, said the bomber was on foot and detonated his explosive vest when he reached a police checkpost.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility. The attack came two days after Pakistan went on a high state of alert for the first anniversary of Osama bin Laden's killing by US occupation troops.