The death toll from a suicide bombing that targeted members of an anti-Taliban militia attending funeral prayers in Lower Dir has risen to 40, police said Friday.
The bomber blew himself up Thursday as mourners gathered on open ground in Jandol town.
“The death toll in the attack has now risen to 40 and 67 people were still in hospitals for treatment of injuries,” senior police official Salim Khan Marwat told AFP.
“The bomber came on foot and blew himself up in the middle of people as they were about to start prayers,” he said, adding that investigations were ongoing and the bomber’s remains had been sent away for testing.
Another senior police official, Akhtar Hayat Gandapur, confirmed the new toll.
There was no claim of responsibility for Thursday’s blast.
