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Suicide bombers kill 50 people in Pakistan
Medics assist a man injured by suicide bomb attacks in Pakistan's northwestern
Mohmand region. (Reuters) 1 of 2
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: Dec 6, 2010 16:46 Updated: Dec 6, 2010 17:58
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A pair of suicide bombers disguised as policemen killed 50
people Monday in an attack targeting a tribal meeting called to discuss the
formation of an anti-Taleban militia in northwest Pakistan, officials said.
The attack occurred on the grounds of the main government compound in Mohmand,
part of Pakistan's militant-infested tribal region. It was the latest strike
against local tribesmen who have been encouraged by the government to take up
arms against the Taleban.
The explosions also wounded more than 100 people, many of them critically, said
Mian Iftikhar Hussain, information minister of neighboring Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
province.
One of the reasons the attacks were so deadly was because the bombers had
filled their suicide jackets with bullets, said Amjad Ali Khan, the top
political official in Mohmand, who was at the compound in Ghalanai town when it
was attacked.
"These bullets killed everyone who was hit," said Khan.
Both of the bombers were disguised in tribal police uniforms, said Khan. One of
them was caught at the gate of the compound, but he was able to detonate his
explosives, he said.
One of the wounded in the attack was 45-year-old Qalandar Khan, who came to the
compound to visit an imprisoned cousin and was hit by the second explosion.
"There was a deafening sound and it caused a cloud of dust and smoke and a
subsequent hue and cry," said Khan, laying in a hospital bed in his
blood-soaked clothes.
"There were dozens on the ground like me, bleeding and crying. I saw body parts
scattered in the compound." The dead and wounded included tribal elders,
police, political officials and other civilians. Two of the dead were local TV
journalists who were at the compound reporting on stories, said Shakirullah
Jan, president of the Mohmand press club.
The Pakistani army has carried out operations in Mohmand to battle Taleban and
Al-Qaeda fighters in the area, but it has been unable to defeat the militants.
The military has encouraged local tribesmen to form militias to oppose the
militants. These groups have had varying degrees of success and have often been
targeted in deadly attacks.
A suicide bomber attacked a mosque in northwestern Pakistan in early November
that was frequented by elders opposed to the Pakistani Taleban, killing 67
people. The attack occurred in the town of Darra Adam Khel, a militant
stronghold on the edge of the tribal region.
"We are not scared of such attacks and will keep on taking these enemies of
humanity to task until they disappear from society," said Hussain, the
information minister.
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