Pakistan bomb kills 16, hurts 50

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) - A suicide car bomb targeting a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan killed 16 people, including 10 police officers, and wounded 50 others, a Peshawar police spokesman said Saturday.

Most of the wounded are civilians, police said. Hospital officials reported many victims in critical condition.

The explosion happened at the Vanglee checkpoint on the outskirts of Peshawar, police said.

Peshawar is the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, near the country's border with Afghanistan, and is rife with Islamic extremists.