ISLAMABAD, Oct 6 - A suicide bomber killed at least 12 people and wounded a leading Pakistani opposition politician and member of the minority Shi’ite Muslim community on Monday, police said.

The attack targeted the home of Rashid Akbar Khan Nawani, a member of parliament for former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s party, in the town of Bhakkar, 260 km (160 miles) southwest of Islamabad. ”The bomber blew himself up the courtyard when Mr. Nawani was sitting with his supporters there,” Khadim Hussain, a police officer, told Reuters.