Suicide bombers kill 50 people in Pakistan

[Tuesday Afternoon]

Source: AP

By RIAZ KHAN, Associated Press Riaz Khan, Associated Press

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A pair of suicide bombers disguised as policemen killed 50 people Monday when they attacked a government compound in northwestern Pakistan where tribal elders were meeting to discuss the formation of an anti-Taliban militia, officials said.

The attack in Mohmand, part of Pakistan's militant-infested tribal region, was the latest to target local tribesmen who have been encouraged by the government to take up arms against the Taliban.

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 government compound in Ghalanai town when it was attacked.




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