ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 4 (UPI) -- A suicide bomber detonated explosives in a crowded bazaar in Pakistan's Bajaur Agency Friday, killing at least 17 people and wounding 40 others, police said.
Officials said the bomber, reportedly just 14 years old, detonated the explosives in a vest he wore as security personnel were about to frisk him in the market in Khar, Xinhua, China's state-run news agency, reported.
The dead included eight security personnel, Pakistan's Dawn News television channel reported.
Officials said some of the wounded were treated at local hospitals and those more seriously hurt were taken to hospitals in Peshawar, the largest city in northwest Pakistan.
The blast destroyed at least five vehicles and four businesses, officials said.
Police imposed a curfew in the area after the bombing.
No one had claimed the responsibility for the attack.
