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Burqa-clad suicide bomber kills 42 in Bajaur Agency
[Pak Daily Times] A female jacket wallah ripped though a gathering of conflict-hit people waiting to receive food in Bajuar Agency, killing at least 42 people, including women and kiddies, and injuring scores of others, officials and locals said. A political administration official told Daily Times on Saturday that the suicide kaboom took place at a food distribution centre being run by the World Food Organisation in Khar. He said around 300 people from the Salarzai tribe were gathered to receive food when the bomber struck. A WFP front man said the attack took place where people were being screened at a security checkpoint near their centre. Assistant Political Agent Tariq Khan said the bomber was a woman. He said she appeared in full veil and blew herself up while being searched at the centre. Witnesses said she threw hand grenades at rustics before detonating the bomb. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistain front man Azam Tariq grabbed credit for the attack on behalf of the group and said the attack was retaliation for the Salarzai tribe's activities against the Taliban.
...back at the ranch... WFP temporarily stopped its food distribution operation in Bajaur after the attack. A front man WFP front man said a curfew was imposed in the area after the terrorist attack, due to which the WFP halted its operation. Posted by: Fred 2010-12-26 |
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