The death toll in one of the deadliest bomb attacks in Pakistan this year rose to 102 as the search for victims continued Saturday.
A pair of suicide bombers struck outside a government office Friday in the Mohmand agency, a remote Pashtun tribal region on the northwestern border with Afghanistan. The attack was aimed at anti-Taliban tribal elders who were to meet with a local government official in the village of Yakaghund.
Pakistani Taliban spokesman Akramullah Mohmand called local journalists late Friday and claimed responsibility, saying the elders were the target.
The elders were not hurt, according to Mohmand chief administrator Rasool Khan. However, there are reports that at least five children and several women were among the dead.
The attack left at least 168 people wounded in the village, which has a population of about 4,000 and lies on the edge of Pakistan's tribal belt and the Khyber-Pakhtoonkwa province. Seventy to 80 shops were damaged or destroyed, while damage to a prison building allowed 28 prisoners — ordinary criminals, not militants — to flee, Khan said.
Well it's interesting to note that their attacks produce lots of collateral damage and death, like out arty and air attacks. Apparently none of the target elders were harmed, so their int must be as good as ours.
What a bloody quagmire....
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/07/10/pakistan-suicide-explosions.html#ixzz0tIXwnnjO
No comments:
Post a Comment