Suicide attack kills seven in Pakistan

A suicide attack killed at least seven people less than a kilometre from Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's army headquarters in Rawalpindi today.

Three policemen and three passers-by were among those killed, while 11 people were wounded in the explosion.

The policemen were manning a checkpoint on a road leading to the army headquarters.

"Our policeman challenged the attacker who exploded himself near their picket," a policeman spokesman said. "The police were the target."

Deputy Information Minister Tariq Azim Khan said General Musharraf was safely in his office some 2km away at the time.