Taliban militants attacked the election motorcade of a politician with a roadside bomb on Sunday, wounding him and killing two of his supporters, police said. It was the latest attack by militants against figures associated with the Awami National Party. Taliban spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan claimed responsibility for the attack on Malik Adnan Wazir. He disclosed this in a phone call from an undisclosed location, according to a report of the Associated Press. The blast struck Wazir's convoy as he was campaigning in the Wali Noor area for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial legislature, said senior police officer Iqbal Khattak. The vote, scheduled for May 11, is a landmark in Pakistan's history. Two vehicles in the convoy were destroyed, wounding eight people including the candidate, said police officer Hidayatulah Khan. He said two of the eight died at the hospital while Wazir himself is in stable condition.
