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A suicide bomb attack has killed at least six people and injured 11 near Pakistan's army headquarters, in the city of Rawalpindi.A suicide bomb attack has killed at least six people and injured 11 near Pakistan's army headquarters, in the city of Rawalpindi.
The blast occurred near a high-security area containing the army HQ and President Pervez Musharraf's office. Officials said the blast had occurred some 2km away from a high-security compound containing the army HQ and President Pervez Musharraf's office.
General Musharraf was reported to have been in his office at the time of the blast, but was not hurt.General Musharraf was reported to have been in his office at the time of the blast, but was not hurt.
Local television channels said ambulances were rushing to the area where the blast was heard. The location of the explosion was a police checkpoint.
The location of the blast was a police checkpoint.
A man had approached the checkpoint on foot and detonated his explosives, a government spokesman said.A man had approached the checkpoint on foot and detonated his explosives, a government spokesman said.
Two policemen and a cyclist were among those killed by the explosion, along with the suspected bomber, according to the AFP news agency.Two policemen and a cyclist were among those killed by the explosion, along with the suspected bomber, according to the AFP news agency.
President Musharraf was safe inside his headquarters in Army House when the bomb went off, according to presidential spokesman Rashid Qureshi.
The attack comes in the wake of a number of recent bombings in Pakistan.The attack comes in the wake of a number of recent bombings in Pakistan.
On 4 September, two suicide bombers killed 25 people in Rawalpindi, in an attack on a bus carrying intelligence officials to work.On 4 September, two suicide bombers killed 25 people in Rawalpindi, in an attack on a bus carrying intelligence officials to work.
And on 18 October, 139 people were killed when bombers in Karachi attacked the motorcade of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto as she returned to Pakistan after eight years of self-imposed exile. The following month, 139 people were killed when bombers in Karachi attacked the motorcade of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto as she returned to Pakistan after eight years of self-imposed exile.
These earlier bombings are thought to have been the work of Islamic militants, who are angry with both the Musharraf government and Mrs Bhutto, whom they believe to be too closely allied to the US.
Tensions in the country were heightened in July when Gen Musharraf ordered troops to storm the Red Mosque in Pakistan's capital Islamabad, killing hundreds.
The mosque had been occupied by Islamic militants, who were using it as a base from which to organise opposition to the government and enforce strict Sharia law in Islamabad.