At least five people have been killed in a suicide bombing in north-western Pakistan, local officials say.About 20 people were also reported to have been injured in the explosion at a restaurant in the town of Jandola in South Waziristan. Officials said a group of militants opposed to Pakistan's top Taleban commander had been in the restaurant. Violence in Pakistan has surged in recent months amid a wave of attacks blamed on Islamist militants. Some of the injured were reported to be in a critical condition, and officials said the number of dead was expected to rise. The South Waziristan region is dominated by local Taleban warlord Baitullah Mehsud, who has been accused of plotting the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The attack targeted supporters of Turkistan Bittani, a pro-government tribal leader who is a rival of Mehsud. Bittani was not in the restaurant at the time of the attack. The blast comes a day after a US drone killed seven militants in the same area. Correspondents say that more than 35 similar strikes have killed more than 340 people in Pakistan since August 2008, shortly before the election of President Asif Ali Zardari.
News Source : news.bbc.co.uk
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