Friday, February 29, 2008

Pakistan: Bombs kill 30 at a funeral

The funeral was for a police officer killed by a roadside bomb earlier in the day. Death toll is expected to rise.

The suicide bomber blew himself up among mourners attending the funeral for one of three policemen killed earlier when their van struck a roadside bomb in a region known as a haven for al Qaeda and Taliban fighters.

And remember last Friday's bombing? It was at a wedding.

A roadside bomb ripped through cars carrying wedding guests in northwestern Pakistan Friday, killing at least 14 people including the bride and wounding a dozen others, police said.