Bomb Attacks Shake Pakistan
Dual explosions have rattled Pakistan after two bomb attacks on mosques left at least 63 people dead and scores of others injured. Pakistani’s Taliban Movement has since claimed responsibility for the most lethal attack where a 17-year-old suicide bomber detonated inside a Sunni mosque in northwest Pakistan. —JCL Al-Jazeera English: At least 60 people have been killed and dozens of others injured after a 17-year-old suicide bomber struck a Sunni Muslim mosque in northwest Pakistan during Friday prayers. The blast collapsed part of the mosque’s roof on top of worshippers, and there are fears the death toll from the explosion could rise. A local official said 11 children were among the dead, Dawn newspaper reported. The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or Pakistan Taliban Movement, claimed responsibility for the attack, which was not the first against the mosque, Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder reported. The suicide bomber’s explosive weighed between 10 to 15 kilograms, Hyder said. “There are blood and body parts everywhere. Elderly people and children are among the dead and wounded. I have not seen such a tragic scene in my whole life,’’ said villager Zafar Khan, according to the Associated Press news agency. Read more Related Entries November 3, 2010 The Tea Party and the Midterms November 3, 2010 Federal Reserve Finds $600 Billion in the Couch
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