2:54 AM
Muhammad Zai Khan
A suicide bomber attacked a funeral procession in Adezai on Wednesday killing at least 34 people and injuring 45 others..
The suicide bomber was targeting members of an anti-Taliban militia attending funeral prayers for the wife of a militiaman in Adezai village, near Peshawar that leads to the border tribal regions, DCO Peshawar, Siraj Ahmed, said.
The attacker mingled with the mourners before setting off his explosives, Ahmed said.
"People had gathered and had just started praying when a boy walked in and blew himself up," survivor Mohammad Eman told Geo News.
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed the responsibility of attack.
Bloodied shoes and caps littered the ground where the attack took place, on the outskirts of the city, as stunned survivors milled around or bundled the wounded into trucks and away to hospital, television images showed.
The Pashtun elder whose relative was being buried on Wednesday is involved with a pro-government militia force. It w
The suicide bomber was targeting members of an anti-Taliban militia attending funeral prayers for the wife of a militiaman in Adezai village, near Peshawar that leads to the border tribal regions, DCO Peshawar, Siraj Ahmed, said.
The attacker mingled with the mourners before setting off his explosives, Ahmed said.
"People had gathered and had just started praying when a boy walked in and blew himself up," survivor Mohammad Eman told Geo News.
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed the responsibility of attack.
Bloodied shoes and caps littered the ground where the attack took place, on the outskirts of the city, as stunned survivors milled around or bundled the wounded into trucks and away to hospital, television images showed.
The Pashtun elder whose relative was being buried on Wednesday is involved with a pro-government militia force. It w
