ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 14 (UPI) -- A suicide bomber killed at least 24 Pakistani soldiers in an attack on a military convoy, the army said Saturday.
The attack on a military convoy in North Waziristan, near the village of Daznary, injured scores more, the Press Trust of India reported.
The suicide bomber rammed the convoy with a vehicle packed with explosives, BBC News reported. The attack occurred near the border with Afghanistan, where Pakistani troops, tribal groups and foreign militants often clash.
Thousands of Pakistani soldiers were moved to the region after the storming of the Red Mosque in Islamabad this past week.
Pakistani authorities fear militants may retaliate for the government's assault on the mosque. As many as 75 people inside the mosque and 10 soldiers were killed.
