ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, April 26 (UPI) -- A car bomb exploded in a Pakistani village near Afghanistan Sunday, killing six people and wounding five others, security sources reported.

The bomb exploded in a small passenger van in Datta Khel in the North Waziristan region, reported KUNA, the Kuwait news agency.


Security sources said the bomb was planted by local militants, who, in turn, claimed the van was targeted by a missile.