Seven dead in latest Pakistan violence

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Bombings across Pakistan on Friday killed at least seven people and wounded 24 others, officials said.

A suicide bomber detonated near a military facility outside the capital, Islamabad, killing seven people and injuring nine others, according to Cantt District Police Officer Fakhar Sultan. Five civilians and two security personnel were killed.

The attack took place at Kamra checkpoint near the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex. Kamra is about 40 miles (60 kilometers) northwest of Islamabad.

At least 15 people were wounded -- nine seriously -- when a car bomb exploded outside a restaurant in northwestern Pakistan, said Peshawar District Coordination Officer Sahibzada M. Anis Khan.

The blast occurred near the Swan restaurant in Peshawar's Hayatabad neighborhood. Two suspects were arrested at the scene, police said.

Hayatabad is a mostly residential area in southwest Peshawar, very close to the border with Khyber agency. Khyber is one of seven districts in Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghan border.

Taliban insurgents have staged attacks across the country in recent weeks in retaliation for a military offensive against Islamic militants operating along the Pakistan-Afghan border.

Gunmen opened fire on a military vehicle in Islamabad on Thursday, killing an army brigadier and a soldier. On Tuesday, at least six people were killed and 29 others wounded when suicide bombers detonated explosives in the men's and women's sections of International Islamic University.