Breaking: At least 35 dead in suicide bombing near Pakistan former official

[RB TexLa]

* PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Health official says at least 35 people killed in bombing near home of Pakistan's former interior minister.

* PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Police say at least eight killed, dozens wounded in suicide bombing near home of Pakistan's former interior minister.

* PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Police say a suicide bomber attacked the residence of Pakistan's former interior minister but that the minister was not hurt.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071221/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_bomb_blast

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A suicide attacker detonated a bomb early Friday at a mosque outside the home of Pakistan's former interior minister as he received visitors on an Islamic holiday, killing at least 35 people and wounding dozens more, authorities said.

It was apparently the second attack in eight months to target the politician, Aftab Khan Sherpao, who escaped unhurt. Sherpao is running for parliament in next month's general elections.

Election-related violence is common in Pakistan, but suspicion over the bombing will likely focus on pro-Taliban or al-Qaida militants who are active in the country's northwest.

The blast went off as worshippers held prayers for the Eid al-Adha holy day at the mosque in Sherpao's residential compound in Sherpao, a village about 25 miles northeast of the city of Peshawar, a witness said.

[MonkeyFunk]

1. ugh

that country sure has some serious problems.

[lvx35]

2. Fuck.

What would it take for actual peace in the Middle East???

[MadMaddie]

3. If it's Al-Qaida...Mushariff slept with the devil and his country

is getting ready to pay for it. He should have taken them out when he had a chance.