Tense situation was prevailing in Bajaur Agency where tribesmen on Saturday buried the victims of Friday’s deadly suicide attack at separate places as the death toll rose to 29. Offices and private markets were closed in Bajaur to mourn the deaths as local tribesmen held funerals in various parts of the tribal region, witnesses said. A teenage suicide bomber blew himself up on Friday in a bustling market in Khar. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack, threatening that whoever was found involved in anti-Taliban activities would face the same fate. Paramilitary troops and tribal police were seen patrolling the streets and bazaars on Saturday while roads and markets were deserted with educational institutions closed. “Five critically injured tribesmen succumbed to their injuries overnight in hospitals. The death toll has now risen to 29,” hospital sources said.
