(AhlulBayt News Agency) - The death toll from a Taliban suicide bombing at a packed mosque in Pakistan’s restive northwest tribal region has risen to 36 after several of those
injured in the attack died in hospitals, officials said today.
The attack targeted the weekly Friday prayers in Mohmand agency, bordering Afghanistan. The bomber blew himself up when the prayers were in progress. At least five of those killed were children. The death toll has now risen to 36 after more people succumbed to their injuries, said assistant political agent of the agency Haseebur Rehman.
A curfew has been imposed in the area serach operations were being conducted to arrest other planners of the attack. Nearly 200 worshippers were inside the mosque when the bomber struck. The death toll yesterday was reported to be 28. Jamat-ul-Ahrar, a splinter group of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was carried out to avenge the deaths of 13 of its members in 2009.
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