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| Taliban claim responsibility for suicide attack in Pakistan's Peshawar |
| 2009-11-08 |
| Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for the suicide attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar where 12 people including a local mayor were killed on Sunday. Omar, who claimed to be Taliban spokesman in the area, said the militants carried out the attack. He said that Mayor Abdul Malik had formed a "Lashkar", or militia against Taliban and that is why he was targeted. A bomber blew himself up near the car of Mayor Abdul Malik at Mattani, a small town 25 kilometers from Peshawar, the capital of the North West Frontier Province, police said. Malik was critically injured and died later in hospital of wounds. His nephew was also killed in the attack, police officer Riaz Khan said. Police said that up to 30 persons were also injured in the attack in a crowded area. Police said that Malik had supported government's campaign against the militants. According to police, Abdul Malik escaped unhurt in three attacks in the past. Witnesses said that the bomber came in a car with five other people. One man came out of the car, approached the mayor and exploded bomb strapped to his body, they said. |
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