Three people were killed in suicide attack in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, private TV channel DAWN NEWS reported.

An explosive-laden vehicle rammed into a school in Shabqadar Tehsil in Charsadda district of North West Frontier Province, said the report.

As a result, three persons were killed and 20 others injured. The injured have been shifted to local hospital for treatment.

Three security men were entering a base located in the school building when the bomber hit their vehicle at the main gate, according to the News Network International news agency.

A suicide bomber blew himself up at the main gate of the Peshawar Sport Complex during the concluding ceremony of the inter- provincial games on Tuesday, leaving at least three dead and 20 others injured.

(Xinhua News Agency November 12, 2008)