PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suspected suicide bomber attacked a gathering of people receiving aid in northwest Pakistan on Saturday and at least 42 people were killed and 70 injured, NBC News reported.
Just before the blast a woman threw a hand grenade at the crowd and the suicide bomber successfully entered and blew himself up, officials told NBC News.
A crowd had cleared a checkpoint and members were awaiting their turns at a United Nation’s World Food Program distribution center in Bajaur Agency headquarters, Khar, near the Afghan border, NBC News said.
“The attack took place when hundreds of people were gathered to receive food rations for people displaced by fighting,” Wisal Ahmed, a government official in the Bajaur region on the Afghan border told Reuters news agency.
“I myself have counted 40 bodies but the death could rise as several wounded people are in critical condition,” Dosti Rehman, an official at the main government hospital in the Bajaur region on the Afghan border told Reuters.
A Khar hospital doctor said there are injured people were lying everywhere and some lost their lives due to lack of timely healthcare. Some of the injured were sent to nearby districts for treatment.
Khar authorities appealed over loudspeakers for doctors and paramedics to go to the hospital as staff was on leave for a public holiday.
A suicide bomb killed five at a WFP office in Islamabad on Oct. 4.
On Friday, 46 militants surrendered to the government through a jirga, or tribal council, of local elders in Siddiqabad area near Khar.
The government has declared victory against the Taliban in Bajaur tribal region and claimed to have killed more than 2,500 militants during military operations launched Aug. 6, 2008.
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The sad news is these IDP were waiting for that ration…even worse the suicide bomber was burqa-nawaz!
They havent identify the sex of the bomber.
PESHAWAR / BAJAUR: A burqa-clad suicide bomber attacked a crowd of people waiting for aid in Bajaur on Saturday, killing at least 43 of them, officials said.
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^ it is confirmed that the burkha persona was infact a woman. You know its moments like these that "leaders" or people of any repute SPEAK out against the tragedies. Where is nawaz? Where is maulana? Where are the statements of Imran and Altaaf? I do not understand. these people should be CAPITALIZING on these opportunities!
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all this will only end once americans leave the region
r.a.w and elements from afghan intelligence are behind it i am sure.
i dont think a hindu or afghani intelligence person can convince a terrorist/sunni extremist/taliban etc to blow themselves up. They already do that and think it's an amazing feat.
