Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Suicide bomber kills 37 at Pakistan funeral (Reuters)

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Taliban suicide bomber attacked a funeral in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 37 people in the latest in a string of Islamist militant attacks aimed at undermining Pakistan’s U.S.-backed government.
The funeral was for the relative of a pro-government, ethnic Pashtun tribal elder near the northwestern city of Peshawar, top district administrator, Siraj Ahmed, told Reuters.
The attacker struck as mourners were about to hold funeral prayers,

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