Pakistan Suicide Bomber Kills 43

In apparent response to a Pakistani military action that killed some 40 rebels, a suicide bomber in Pakistan has killed at least 43 people in an attack on a mass of people receiving aid in the northwest town of Khar. —JCL

The BBC:

A female suicide bomber has killed at least 43 people in an attack on a large crowd receiving aid in north-west Pakistan, officials say.

The blast took place in the town of Khar in the Bajaur region, in tribal areas close to the Afghan border—a Taliban and al-Qaeda stronghold.

People displaced by fighting had been getting food at a distribution centre.

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A man lies wounded after an attack on a large crowd in northwest Pakistan.