9 killed, 40 injured in Sargodha suicide attack on air force bus

SARGODHA: A suicide bomber rammed his explosive laden motorbike into a bus carrying Pakistani air force officials Thursday, killing at least nine and wounding 40 others, the interior ministry said. "The bus was carrying trainee flying officers when it was attacked by the suicide bomber" in the Sargodha district of central Punjab province, interior ministry spokesman Brigadier Javed Cheema said. "Eight air force officials died in the terrorist attack," Cheema said, and around 40 were wounded. "It was a suicide attack and the target was the bus which was carrying the air force officials," chief military spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad said. The injured have been shifted to hospital where 21 out of the injured are in critical condition. The sources said that the head of the suicide attacker was found at the site of the attack. Sargodha is home to the largest air force base in Pakistan.