Kohat suicide attack death toll rises to 40

[Nadeem]

KOHAT: The death toll in Darra Adamkhel suicide attack reached 40, while 35 persons were wounded in the incident.

According to official sources notables from five clans of Darra Adamkhel held a Jirga in Zarghon Khel. The suicide bomber struck the assembly immediately after the meeting was ended, killing 30 persons immediately, while 10 critically wounded were succumbed to their injuries at hospitals.

Fifteen critically wounded persons have been transferred to Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, while remaining were shifted to other hospitals of Kohat and Peshawar.

A losing independent candidate of the recent elections Noor Zaman Afridi was also killed in the attack, while father of Senator Razzaq was wounded in the bombing.

The notables in their meeting had decided to burn houses of those tribesmen and impose fine who will provide shelter to foreign miscreants

Security has been tightened in the area after the attack.

The law enforcement agencies have found the head and legs of the suicide bomber.

Three dead persons of the bombing have been identified as Ilyas, Naseem and Dildar.

[Nadeem]

ISLAMABAD: The ministry of interior has ordered further beefing up the security all across the country, following suicide bombing at Kohat.

It may be recalled that the interior ministry had earlier also warned that the threat of attacks was looming large in those Northern areas, where operation was underway.

However following the suicide bombing today, orders were issued for beefing up the countrywide security of key-personalities including Asif Zardari, Amin Faheem, Maulana Fazlur Rahman, Ijazul Huque and others besides important buildings.