Suicide attack on military convoy kills 5

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 5 (UPI) -- A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle in a Frontier Corps convoy in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, killing at least five people and injuring 25 others, police said.

Police said the attack took place near the Bara Qadim police checkpoint on the border between Peshawar and the Khyber Agency, the Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported.

The checkpoint's building and two vehicles were destroyed in the blast, police said.

Nine of the injured were members of the security force --- four from the Frontier Corps, three from the Frontier Constabulary and two from local police, Dawn said.