Death toll in Jandol town suicide bombing rises to 34
PESHAWAR: The death toll from a suicide bombing that targeted members of an anti-Taliban militia attending funeral prayers in northwestern region has risen to 34, police said Friday.
The bomber blew himself up Thursday as mourners gathered on open ground in Jandol town in the district of Lower Dir, 100 kilometres.
"The death toll in the attack rose to 34 overnight," senior police official Salim Khan Marwat told AFP.
"The bomber came on foot and blew himself up in the middle of people as they were about to start prayers," he said, adding that investigations were ongoing and the bomber's remains had been sent away for testing.
Another senior police official Akhtar Hayat Gandapur confirmed the toll.
There was no claim of responsibility for Thursday's blast.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
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