Asia-Pacific

Death toll in Pakistan's Friday blasts rises to 105

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-07-11 15:40

ISLAMABAD - The death toll from a suicide bombing and car bomb attack that devastated a busy market in Mohmand Agency has risen to 105, local newspaper The News quoted officials as saying on Sunday.

According to the report, two victims died overnight in hospital and a third body was recovered from debris as rescue workers in the town of Yakaghund continued to search rubble at the scene of one of Pakistan's deadliest attacks.

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Local government official Rasool Khan confirmed the latest death toll.

The explosions on Friday destroyed government buildings and shops and left victims buried under the rubble.

The attacks were the deadliest in Pakistan since a massive car bomb destroyed a market crowded with women and children in the northwestern city of Peshawar in October 2009, killing 125 people.

The Pakistani Taliban have already claimed responsibility for Friday's blasts, saying the target was a gathering of pro-government tribal elders.

A Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked bombing spree across Pakistan has killed more than 3,500 people in three years since government troops besieged the Red Mosque in the capital Islamabad in July 2007, said the report.