Death toll in suicide attack rises to 46
PESHAWAR: The death toll from a suicide bombing that targeted attending funeral prayers in northwest has risen to 46, police said Saturday.
The bomber blew himself up Thursday in the middle of mourners as they gathered for prayers on open ground in Jandol town in the district of Lower Dir, 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the once Taliban-infested Swat Valley.
"The death toll in the attack has now risen to 46 after six more people died of their wounds in different hospitals," senior police official Salim Khan Marwat told AFP.
He said 52 people were still being treated for injuries in hospital while six were in critical condition.
Another senior police official, Akhtar Hayat Gandapur, confirmed the new toll.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
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