Blast hits police checkpoint in Islamabad

A suicide blast near a police checkpoint in Islamabad killed at least six soldiers, according to Pakistani authorities. The attack comes days after gunmen stormed a police academy in the Pakistani city of Lahore.A suicide bomber killed up to six people at a police camp in Pakistan's capital late Saturday, the second such attack in Islamabad in less than two weeks, police said."It was 7:38-7:39pm (1438 GMT) when a suicide bomber entered from the back of the camp and exploded himself. This is Frontier Constabulary camp number seven," said Binia Amin, operations police chief in the capital.The Frontier Constabulary, part of Pakistan's paramilitary force, deploy outside diplomatic missions and protect VIP homes.The camp was in an upmarket residential district close to some of the capital's most prestigious addresses."Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel retaliated as the bomber exploded himself," Amin added."Five Frontier Constabulary men were injured in the attack," he said.Asked about the death toll, Amin said five to six Frontier Constabulary personnel were killed.Another police official said earlier that six people, almost all of them paramilitary personnel, were killed in an apparent suicide blast."We have arrested a suspect from the site and he is currently being interrogated," police senior superintendent Tahir Alam told reporters.He refused to comment when asked if police had recovered any arms or weapons from the suspect.Volunteers carried out wounded men on stretchers. An AFP photographer said he saw at least six people wounded after the attack.