ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Two explosions in Pakistan Monday killed at least 69 people and injured scores of others in the latest of a string of attacks in the country, officials said.
In the Shangla district in the volatile Swat Valley, officials said at least 29 people were killed and 45 were injured in an explosion targeting a military vehicle at a security forces checkpoint, CNN reported.
In the North-West Frontier province, officials said a suicide car bomber attacked a military vehicle in a crowded market, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens more, The New York Times reported.
The explosion occurred at the Alpuri market, adjacent to a police station and a mosque, claimed six soldiers and four new members of a community police force, officials said.
Militants attacked the army headquarters in Rawalpindi Saturday, killing 11 military personnel and three civilians, the Pakistani military's press office said. Nine militants died in the attack.
Thirty-nine hostages were freed Sunday after being held by five militants.
