102 now dead after Pakistan bombings
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July 11, 2010, Sunday
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THE death toll from twin suicide bombings in Pakistan jumped to 102 with 115 people wounded yesterday, making it the deadliest attack this year in the country.
Authorities continued to remove debris from the site of the attack in the village of Yakaghund in a northwest tribal region, after two bombers struck seconds apart near a government office on Friday.
One of the bombs appeared fairly small but the other was huge, officials said. At least one bomber was on a motorcycle.
The attackers detonated their explosives near the office of Rasool Khan, a deputy Mohmand administrator who escaped unharmed. Tribal elders, including those involved in setting up militias to fight the Taliban, were in the building, but none was hurt, Mohmand chief administrator Amjad Ali Khan said.
Video footage showed dozens of men searching through piles of yellow brick and mud rubble for survivors. Women and children were among the victims.
Local government official Meraj Din said yesterday the death toll climbed to 102 overnight as more bodies were found and wounded people succumbed to their injuries. Some 115 people remain wounded, he said.
Mohmand is one of several areas in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt where Taliban and al-Qaida members are believed to be hiding.
Authorities continued to remove debris from the site of the attack in the village of Yakaghund in a northwest tribal region, after two bombers struck seconds apart near a government office on Friday.
One of the bombs appeared fairly small but the other was huge, officials said. At least one bomber was on a motorcycle.
The attackers detonated their explosives near the office of Rasool Khan, a deputy Mohmand administrator who escaped unharmed. Tribal elders, including those involved in setting up militias to fight the Taliban, were in the building, but none was hurt, Mohmand chief administrator Amjad Ali Khan said.
Video footage showed dozens of men searching through piles of yellow brick and mud rubble for survivors. Women and children were among the victims.
Local government official Meraj Din said yesterday the death toll climbed to 102 overnight as more bodies were found and wounded people succumbed to their injuries. Some 115 people remain wounded, he said.
Mohmand is one of several areas in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt where Taliban and al-Qaida members are believed to be hiding.
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