[Dawn] Police say they have foiled a plan to assassinate the North West Frontier Province Education Minister Sardar Hussain Babak by confronting the plotters, including a teenage suicide bomber who then blew himself up.An informant tipped off officers that insurgents had gathered in a government high school in North West Frontier Province after midnight and were planning to kill provincial Education Minister Sardar Hussain Babak and attack government installations and security forces, police officer Noor Jamal Khan said.
Police confronted the militants and a firefight ensued. A loud explosion rocked the building and three of the men escaped, including one who was wounded, Khan told The Associated Press from Tatalai district.
'We have collected the body parts of the young suicide attacker and these will be sent for identification purposes,' said Khan.
No other deaths were reported.
Pakistan's northwest continues to see near-daily violence with attacks by Islamist extremists on security forces and civilians.