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Suicide Bomber Strikes At Peshawar Rally

April 20 2010

Pakistan

A suicide bomber blew himself up Monday evening in the middle of a rally led by the Pakistani political party Jamaat-i-Islami in the northwestern city of Peshawar, Pakistan's Dawn reports.

At least 23 people, including a deputy superintendent of police and party leaders, were killed, and 42 others were injured, security officials said.

The attack took place near the end of the protest against power outages, as people were about to disperse, said witnesses. The bomber's...

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