.- The death toll from twin suicide bombings against a central paramilitary police in northwest Pakistan rose to 89 on Saturday, police said. The Pakistani Taliban said on Friday that the attack in the town of Shabqadar, which also wounded 140 people, 40 of them seriously, was to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden in an operation by U.S.
special forces . It was the bloodiest attack so far this year in the country. "The death toll has risen to 89," he told AFP chief of district police, Nisar Khan Marwat. "Among the dead were five civilians and four other bodies were left in pieces, "he added.
special forces . It was the bloodiest attack so far this year in the country. "The death toll has risen to 89," he told AFP chief of district police, Nisar Khan Marwat. "Among the dead were five civilians and four other bodies were left in pieces, "he added.
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