Badbher Blast: Death toll rises to 17

Two of those injured in Sunday’s deadly suicide attack in the suburban Peshawar succumbed to their injuries.


Our Correspondent March 13, 2012

PESHAWAR: Two of those injured in Sunday’s deadly suicide attack in the suburban Peshawar succumbed to their injuries at the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) on Monday, pushing the death toll to 17 dead.  A Taliban suicide bomber detonated the explosives at a funeral in the Badhber area, killing 15 people.  Twelve-year-old Naveed and Haji Ghulam Sarwar expired in the hospital. Another two critically injured men are still in the intensive care unit and about 15 others are under treatment.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 13th, 2012.

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