Suicide bomber kills 29, injures 40 in a blast near swat valley.

Pakistani police say a suspected suicide bombing has killed at least 29 people, including security personnel, in the Shangla district, near the troubled Swat Valley. Authorities say some 40 people were wounded in the attack. Police say the attacker struck a military convoy and set off a huge blast – part of a growing string of explosions and attacks in the country.

This frightful and shocking incident came hours after Pakistan officials said military fighter jets bombed militant outposts in a lawless northwestern tribal belt, killing ..nearly a dozen suspected militants and wounding several others.