At least 30 people were killed and 40 injured Monday when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, a lawmaker said.
The explosion took place next to a military vehicle. 
The bombing occurred around a busy square in the Alpuri area of Shangla, a mountain district in NWFP, DPA reported. 
"According to information reaching me, 30 people, including four soldiers, were killed and 40 or more injured," a member of the legislative assembly, who was only identified as Fazlullah, told Geo television. 
Pakistan has been hit by a string of explosions. 
On Friday, a suicide bomber detonated a car stuffed with explosives in a busy market of Peshawar, killing 53 people and injuring over 100. 
A suicide bomber blew himself up Oct 5 at the UN World Food Programme office in Islamabad, killing five people. 
Terrorists also attacked the Pakistani army's headquarters in Rawalpindi Saturday, leading to a two-day standoff in which 19 people were killed.

At least seven  people were killed and 30 injured Monday in an explosion in Pakistan's Swat region.

Several killed in blast in north-west Pakistan

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