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41 Killed in Twin Suicide Bomb Attacks in NW Pakistan

   VOA News 17 April 2010
   Pakistani  police  officers  and  rescue workers gather at the site of
   suicide bombing in Kacha Pukka area near Kohat, 17 Apr 2010

Photo: AP

   Pakistani  police  officers  and  rescue workers gather at the site of
   suicide bombing in Kacha Pukka area near Kohat, 17 Apr 2010

   Two suicide bombers attacked a camp for refugees in northwest Pakistan
   Saturday, killing at least 41 people and wounding more than 60 others.
   Police  say  the  bombers struck minutes apart at the Kacha Pukka camp
   for displaced people as residents lined up to register for aid.
   Officials  say  the  bombers  were  wearing  burqas  -Â  the full body
   covering worn by conservative Muslim women.
   Reuters  news agency says about 300 people were waiting in line at the
   time of the attack.
   The camp houses people fleeing violence in the Orakzai district, where
   Pakistani  forces  have  recently  intensified  an  offensive  against
   Taliban militants.
   Northwest  Pakistan  has  suffered  a  major  internal displacement of
   people  as  a  result  of  Taliban  violence  and a series of military
   operations targeting Islamist militants near the Afghan border.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.

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