Pakistan volleyball game bombing toll nears 100
A northwest Pakistani village that tried to resist Taliban infiltration struggled with grief Saturday as families mourned 96 people killed in an apparent revenge suicide bombing at an outdoor volleyball game.
The attack on Shah Hasan Khel village was one of the deadliest in a surge of bombings that have killed more than 600 since October. The suicide bomber detonated some 250 kg of high-intensity explosives on the crowded field in the village during a volleyball tournament Friday. The blast was probably intending to hit a nearby gathering of tribal elders who oversee an anti-Taliban militia. (AP)
