Suicide bomber kills 22, wounds 45 at Pakistan funeral

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, Feb 20 (SPA) - A suicidebomber killed 22 people and wounded 45 on Friday in an attackon a funeral procession for a Muslim gunned down a dayearlier in a northwestern Pakistani city, officials said. "The blast occurred when a funeral procession for a Muslim of a sect murdered a day earlier was passing by," said Syed MohsinShah, the area's top administrator. "We now have a figure of 22 dead and 45 wounded in theattack," said Shah after visiting the town's hospitals. Police said they had found the body parts of the suspectedbomber. "It's a suicide blast. We have found the severed legs ofthe suspected bomber," said deputy superintendent Sanaullah,who had been part of the police escort for the procession. Other witnesses told the policeman that they had seen amotorcyclist drop off the bomber who then ran among themourners before detonating the explosives strapped to his body, according to a report of Reuters.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/637246

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