A suicide bomber Monday struck a political gathering of NWFP's ruling Awami National Party to celebrate the renaming of the Pushtun dominated province as Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa, killing 25 people and leaving 100 others wounded in Timergara in lower Dir. The bomber detonated his lethal explosives at an open air gathering in the main town of insurgency-infested lower Dir. Twenty-five people were killed and close to 100 others were injured, hospital and police officials were quoted as saying by TV news channels. Officials fear that the death toll could rise.
Deputy Inspector General of Police (Malakand division) Qazi Jamilur Rahman and senior ANP leader Zahid Khan confirmed it was a suicide attack. Sultan Zeb, a middle rung ANP leader, was among the dead. Party leader Zahid Khan's brother was among the injured. Several witnesses said they had seen police firing at the suicide bomber before he detonated his explosives. TV news channels beamed footage of bloodstained bodies lying in the lawn outside the rest house as people carried the injured away from the site.
Deputy Inspector General of Police (Malakand division) Qazi Jamilur Rahman and senior ANP leader Zahid Khan confirmed it was a suicide attack. Sultan Zeb, a middle rung ANP leader, was among the dead. Party leader Zahid Khan's brother was among the injured. Several witnesses said they had seen police firing at the suicide bomber before he detonated his explosives. TV news channels beamed footage of bloodstained bodies lying in the lawn outside the rest house as people carried the injured away from the site.
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