PESHAWAR: Tribesmen in Landikotal mourned on Sunday as the death toll from a bomb attack climbed to 29 after four blast victims died overnight in hospitals, officials said.
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Private markets and all bazaars remained closed as local tribesmen held funerals to bury the dead in different parts of Khyber tribal district along the Afghan border, witnesses said.
“Four more critically injured [victims] died in hospitals overnight. The whole town is closed to mourn the deaths,” Raseed Khan, a local government official, told AFP.
A car bomb ripped through a market area in the main bazaar of Landikotal on Saturday, initially killing 25 people, including three children, officials said, adding that more than 50 people were injured. Doctors on Saturday night said that 20 victims were critically injured, and were in a serious condition.
“Four more critically injured [victims] died in hospitals overnight. The whole town is closed to mourn the deaths,” Raseed Khan, a local government official, told AFP.
A car bomb ripped through a market area in the main bazaar of Landikotal on Saturday, initially killing 25 people, including three children, officials said, adding that more than 50 people were injured. Doctors on Saturday night said that 20 victims were critically injured, and were in a serious condition.
A witness said most of the victims were fruit and vegetable vendors.
Meanwhile, prayers were held for the dead late on Saturday and Sunday morning, with tribal police and paramilitary forces providing tight security, local officials and witnesses said.
Another bomb targeting a police van killed six officers and one civilian in the northwestern city of Kohat late on Saturday, police said.
Kohat District Police Officer (DPO) Mubarak Zeb said that the terrorists had planted the bomb in a pushcart near Nahar Lari Adday, which was detonated using a remote control no sooner a police mobile passed by.
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan in a telephone call to AFP claimed responsibility for the attack on police, but disowned the bazaar blast. Talking to a TV channel, the spokesman said the TTP would continue attacks on police and security forces. However, he said some other militants group might be involved in the Landikotal blast.
Meanwhile, prayers were held for the dead late on Saturday and Sunday morning, with tribal police and paramilitary forces providing tight security, local officials and witnesses said.
Another bomb targeting a police van killed six officers and one civilian in the northwestern city of Kohat late on Saturday, police said.
Kohat District Police Officer (DPO) Mubarak Zeb said that the terrorists had planted the bomb in a pushcart near Nahar Lari Adday, which was detonated using a remote control no sooner a police mobile passed by.
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan in a telephone call to AFP claimed responsibility for the attack on police, but disowned the bazaar blast. Talking to a TV channel, the spokesman said the TTP would continue attacks on police and security forces. However, he said some other militants group might be involved in the Landikotal blast.
The Taliban do not usually claim responsibility for attacks, most of which cause civilian deaths. In the last five years, attacks blamed on terrorists have killed more than 5,000 people in Pakistan, according to an AFP tally. Meanwhile, the political administration has announced Rs 10,000 for each injured person in the blast. Jamaat-e-Islami Landikotal leader Abdur Rauf Shinwari lost his younger brother Qari Abdur Rahim Shinwari in the blast, while some Khasadar Force personnel were also injured in the explosion.
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