MIR ALI, Pakistan—A suicide car bomber targeted a security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing two soldiers, a policeman and a civilian, the military and security officials said.
It was the second militant attack to hit Pakistan in as many days.
The bombing happened in North Waziristan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province that borders Afghanistan and is a former stronghold of the extremist Pakistani Taliban group, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.
A number of civilians were also wounded in the attack, according to Rehmat Khan, a local police official.
The military in a statement also confirmed the car bombing and the casualties. It said the attacker wanted to target a nearby public gathering but security forces “prevented a major catastrophe” by immediately intercepting the car bomber….