Death toll in Jamrud mosque suicide attack could reach 70
Updated at: 1554 PST, Friday, March 27, 2009
JAMRUD: A suicide bomber attacked a packed mosque near Bhegari check post at prayer time on Friday, killing 48 people and wounding dozens more, the top local administration official said.
The bombing took place in the town of Jamrud in the restive Khyber tribal region, which is located on a key road used to ferry supplies to Western troops across the border in Afghanistan.
"Forty-eight bodies have been pulled out of the debris and many others may still be trapped under the rubble," Tariq Hayat Khan, the top administration official in Khyber, told Geo news.
"More than 80 people were wounded. There may be many more dead… may be at least over 70," Tariq said.
"The bomber was present inside the mosque and blew himself up when Friday prayers began," he said.
The injured were rushed to Sherpao, Lady Reading and others hospitals in Peshawar where emergency had already been declared.
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