Friday, March 2, 2012

Police: Suicide attack kills at least 50 at home of Pakistan's former interior minister

Pakistani police raided an Islamic school and arrested seven students Friday, hours after a suicide bomber killed at least 50 people inside a mosque packed with holiday worshippers at the home of the former interior minister, police said.

The bombing, which left bloody clothes, shoes and pieces of flesh scattered across the house of worship, was the second suicide attack in eight months apparently targeting Aftab Khan Sherpao, who escaped injury.

Suspicion for the blast was expected to focus on the pro-Taliban or al-Qaida militants active in northwest Pakistan _ near the Afghan border _ where the attack occurred. As interior minister, Sherpao was deeply …

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