Taliban suicide bombers target gov't office, killing 50 in Pakistan

[Turborama]

Source: Xinhua

By Jamil Bhatti

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Twin suicide bomb blasts killed at least 50 people and injured over 120 others on Monday afternoon in Pakistan's northwestern Mohmand tribal agency, officials and witnesses said.

Pakistani Taliban, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed the responsibility for the attacks, officials told Xinhua.

Two suicide bombers attacked the office of the Political Agent (PA), or the administration chief in Ghalanai, the headquarters of Mohmand Agency, a tribal region bordering Afghanistan, regional official Shams-ul-Islam said.

At the time of attacks, more than 200 tribal elders and officials were present in the office compound for a general meeting under peace committee for improving the law and order situation in the area, he said.

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