Five killed in attack on music show

Published October 14, 2004

MARDAN, Oct 13: At least five people were killed and 35 others were injured, eight of them seriously, when a bomb was lobbed on a music programme at a marriage party at the Jalala refugee camp on Tuesday night.

A music programme was under way at the marriage function of an Afghan refugee, Zahir Khan, when some men hurled a bomb on the crowd which had gathered to enjoy the show.

The injured were taken to the district headquarters hospital. Eight people were taken to hospitals in Peshawar in serious condition. Allah Noor, Mohammad Yasin, Ajmal, Sadullah and Rehmanullah were killed in the attack.

The sesiously injured included Abdullah, Abdur Rauf, Hamid, Sifatullah, Afsar, Shafiq and Sarban. Witnesses claimed that 11 people had died but police said five were killed.

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