Policeman dead in Pakistan blast

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• NEW: One policeman dead in third Pakistan suicide bombing in three days
• 15 people killed, 30 wounded in weekend blast, no claim of responsibility
• Most victims of Saturday attack are police, including chief
• Blasts come during Ashura religious festival

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LAHORE, Pakistan (CNN) -- A suicide bomber detonated Monday as he tried to enter a Shia religious procession in northwestern Pakistan, killing himself and a police officer, police sources said.

Monday's attack in the town of Dera Ismail Khan is the third suicide bombing in Pakistan in three days and comes amid the Shia Muslim holy period of Ashura.

Police are on high alert ahead of Tuesday, the day of Ashura which marks the 10th of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic year.

Police Monday arrested six people in Dera Ismail Khan suspected of planning suicide bombing attacks.

A suicide bomber struck a crowded mosque in Peshawar on Sunday, killing 16 people and wounding 60 others.

On Friday a suicide bomber killed three people in the country's capital, Islamabad.

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