8 killed, 40 injured in Sargodha suicide attack on air force bus

SARGODHA —A suicide bomber rammed his explosive laden motorbike into a bus carrying Pakistani air force officials Thursday, killing at least eight and wounding 40 others, the interior ministry said.
"The bus was carrying trainee flying officers when it was attacked by the suicide bomber" in the Sargodha district of central Punjab province, interior ministry spokesman Brigadier Javed Cheema said.
"Eight air force officials died in the terrorist attack," Cheema said, and around 40 were wounded.
"It was a suicide attack and the target was the bus which was carrying the air force officials," chief military spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad said. Sargodha is home to the largest air force base in Pakistan.