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Many feared killed in NWFP suicide attack

Press Trust of India

Thursday, May 01, 2008, (Islamabad)

Several people were feared killed on Thursday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the office of an Islamic group in Pakistan's restive Khyber Agency, officials said.

The suicide bomber targeted the office of the "Amar bil maroof wa nahee aanelmunkar" (promotion of virtue and prevention of vice force), the religious police of a group led by Haji Namdar at Bara, the main town of the northwestern Khyber Agency.

A spokesman for Haji Namdar said the head of the suicide bomber has been found.

Official sources said Haji Namdar was the actual target of the attack though he escaped unhurt. He is a rival of Mangal Bagh Afridi, another radical leader who heads the Lashkar-e-Islam group.

The sources said they feared the death toll could rise as several of the injured were in a critical condition. The seriously injured were rushed to hospitals in Peshawar, capital of the North West Frontier Province.

This was the first suicide attack in Pakistan in more than a month.

The country witnessed nearly 70 devastating suicide bombings last year, including the attack that killed former premier Benazir Bhutto in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.

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