“Ten persons, including four policemen, were killed and 27 others injured in two bomb blasts near the Polytechnic College [in Dera Ismail Khan] on Sunday. Sources said an explosive device, planted by miscreants near the main gate of the Polytechnic College, went off at 7:07 pm, injuring four persons. Eyewitnesses said soon after the blast, police personnel and people rushed to the spot. As a large number of policemen and people gathered at the site, a 16-year-old suicide bomber forced his entry into the crowd and blew himself up, killing 10 persons, including four cops, and injuring 21 others.” (01/05/09)