Six killed in Pakistan suicide attack: police

PESHAWAR: Six people were killed and 10 wounded when a suicide bomber riding on a motorbike blew himself up near a  police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, police said.

"The bomber came on a motorbike and detonated himself close to Ambar check  post near Swabi town," local police chief Abdullah Jan said. He said the checkpoint was close to a camp set up by a religious political  party for a public meeting in the town, located about 100 kilometres east of Peshawar.

"Six people including one of our police officials were killed and 10  wounded," he said.