LOWER DIR: At least 20 people were killed and 35 others injured when
a suicide bomber blew himself up during funeral prayer near Jandol, the
main town of tribal agency, officials said.
According to state
television, unfortunate incident took place at Samar Bagh, suburb area
of Jandol, where over hundred people were offering funeral prayer of a
worker died in Saudi Arabia.
Authorities confirmed twenty
causalities while 35 injured were shifted to Tamar Garah hospital where
condition of few wounded reported critical which feared increase the
death toll.
Police confirm, the explosion was a suicide attack.
Law enforcement agencies cordon off the area to start search and rescue
operation.
Police officer Mohibullah Khan said the death toll
could rise. It was not immediately clear why the funeral was targeted
or who was being buried, he added.
Lower Dir regularly sees violence as militants often target tribesmen opposed to
President
Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani condemned the
suicide attack at funeral and reiterated to fight against the enemies
of humanity and Islam with full capacity. Online
