Suicide bomber strikes Pakistani government bus; at least 1 killed

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck a Pakistani Defense Ministry bus Thursday, killing at least one person and wounding 29 others, Rawalpindi police and medical officials said.

The bus was carrying ministry employees, police official Rao Muhammad Iqbal said.

Iqbal initially told CNN that six people were killed, but later said on Pakistani TV that only one person died in the attack. Dr. Khaled Iqbal, medical superintendent of Rawalpindi's district hospital, also said one person died and 29 others were injured. Six sustained critical injuries, Iqbal said.

The suicide bomber drove the motorcycle into the bus' gas tank, Rawalpindi regional police chief Nasir Durani said. The attacker may have used a motorcycle because of increased police searches on cars throughout Pakistan.

Rawalpindi, located outside Islamabad, is where Pakistan's military is headquartered. It is where former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in December 2007.

–CNN's Johnathan Wald in Islamabad, Pakistan contributed to this report