Car Bomber Hits Northwest Pakistan, 14 Wounded

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A suicide car bomber struck a police facility in an army cantonment in Pakistan's main northwest city early Wednesday, police said. At least 14 people were wounded in the latest attack in Pakistan since the U.S. raid that killed Usama bin Laden.

The bomber's target appeared to be a building belonging to the police's criminal investigation department, but Pakistani army facilities also are nearby, said Liaquat Ali Khan, a senior police official in the area.

The building collapsed after the early morning blast, and authorities were searching for bodies or survivors in the rubble, he said.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. But since the May 2 U.S. Navy SEALs raid that killed the Al Qaeda chief, the Pakistani Taliban have claimed at least three assaults in the country.

Most recently, the militant group said it was behind a team of armed extremists who raided a Pakistani naval base in the southern city of Karachi late Sunday and prompted an 18-hour standoff that killed 10 people.

Four militants also were killed during the fight, which raised concerns about militant infiltration of the security forces and whether Pakistan's nuclear arsenal is safe.