Pakistan attack toll hits 102

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Pakistan attack toll hits 102
Jul 10, 2010


Local administration chief Rasool Khan told AFP 'the death toll has gone up to 102. Some bodies were recovered from the spot and some died in hospitals overnight'.
PHOTO: REUTERS

PESHAWAR (Pakistan) - THE death toll from attacks in a Pakistani tribal town has climbed to 102 as more bodies were recovered from debris and new deaths reported overnight in hospitals, officials said on Saturday.

A suicide bomber and a suspected car bomb devastated several government buildings, shops and houses in Yakaghund town of Mohmand district in Pakistan's north-west tribal belt on Friday.

Local administration chief Rasool Khan told AFP 'the death toll has gone up to 102. Some bodies were recovered from the spot and some died in hospitals overnight'.

Mr Khan and other officials had earlier put the toll at 65 dead.

The new toll was also confirmed by another local official, Mairaj Mohammad.

straitstimes.com

[zygote1]

Just another day in the stone ages.........................

[dirtydog]

That was either a real big bomb or the area was really crowded, wonder how many injured



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