Islamabad blast kills policeman
Updated on 23 March 2009
A suicide bomber kills a policeman who had stopped him at the entrance to a police station in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, say Pakistan police.
The police Special Branch operated from the station in the Sitara Market neighbourhood of the capital, police said.
"The bomber was on foot, and when the guards tried to stop him at the checkpost he blew himself up," said Rana Akbar, a senior official in the city administration.
He said one policeman was killed and another wounded. Police cordoned off the site, but an eyewitness described the scene. "I can see human flesh scattered on the road and the damaged police check post at the gate," Abdul Saboor told Reuters.
Taliban militants and jihadi groups linked to al Qaeda have run a campaign of violence to try to destabilise Pakistan, a nuclear power seen as key to stability in the region.
