About 100 people were injured in the blast (Photo AFP)Pakistan Suicide Attack Toll Tops 60 -- The Age
Pakistani officials say the death toll from a suicide attack during a gathering of tribal elders in the northwest part of the country a day earlier has risen to more than 60.
The suspected suicide bombing rocked the assembly of a jirga, or tribal council, of more than 1,000 members of the Alikhel tribe in Khadezai village of Orakzai district on Friday.
The meeting was about the issue of raising a traditional army, or lashkar, against Taliban militants operating in the area.
"We are collecting information from various hospitals where the dead and injured were moved and from the locals who took the bodies without registering them with the authorities. So far more than 60 people have been confirmed dead," said a local security official who was compiling the losses.
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