Suicide bomber kills 14, injures dozens at Pakistani funeral

[News_Editor]

Suicide bomber kills 14, injures dozens at Pakistani funeral

2012-03-11 21:49:42 GMT+7 (ICT)

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (BNO NEWS) -- A suicide bomber blew himself up on Sunday at a funeral on the outskirts of the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least fourteen people and injuring more than 30 others, police said.

The funeral was taking place in the Budh Bher area on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and one of the most populous cities in Pakistan. Deputy speaker of the provincial assembly, Khushdil Khan, was at the funeral and is believed to have been the target.

Khan, who opposes the Taliban and has faced death threats in the past, escaped unhurt. Police said at least fourteen people were killed in the powerful explosion while 37 others were injured and rushed to Lady Reading Hospital, Khyber Teaching Hospital and the Hayatabad Medical Complex in Peshawar. Some of the injured were in a critical condition.

Officials said the attack was believed to have been carried out by a suicide bomber in his 20s who approached the funeral gathering on foot before detonating his explosives. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but Islamist militants have regularly attacked members from the anti-Taliban Awami National Party.

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[Steely Dan]

There is a certain aspect of the darkest of humour choosing a funeral as a venue to dispatch more victims to their maker, though I doubt this will receive 1% of the attention or condemnation that the U.S soldier caused by his killing spree, it's all down to who is doing the killing and who is being killed.

[Scott]

Anti-Islamic post deleted.

[Crossy]

And a post commenting on moderation has also been removed.

Let's keep this on-topic (which is the bombing at a Pakistani funeral) or holidays will be forthcoming.