Bomber killed as suicide vest goes off.

LAKKI MARWAT -- A terror bid was averted on Thursday when a suicide vest worn by a bomber exploded killing the attacker in Hathi Khan Kilay near Naurang Town.

'The village where the incident took place is located in the limits of Ghoriwala police station of Bannu district', said a police official.

He said that the bomber could not reach his target as the explosives tied to his body went off when he was passing through a village thoroughfare. 'Foolproof and tight security arrangements in the entire district helped to avert the tragedy,' claimed the official, saying that DPO Qasim Ali Khan along with heavy contingent of law enforcers and experts of bomb disposal squad reached the site of explosion.

The official said that no casualties were reported. He said that the body parts of the bomber scattered in...