In pictures: Carnage in Peshawar

Published September 22, 2013
A Christian woman mourns the death of her son at the site of a suicide blast at a church in Peshawar September 22, 2013. — Photo Reuters
A Christian woman mourns the death of her son at the site of a suicide blast at a church in Peshawar September 22, 2013. — Photo Reuters
Pakistani Christians and security officials gather outside the Church after two suicide bomb attacks in Peshawar on September 22, 2013.  A double suicide bombing killed more than 60 people at a church service in northwest Pakistan, officials said, the deadliest ever attack on Christians in the troubled country. — Photo AFP
Pakistani Christians and security officials gather outside the Church after two suicide bomb attacks in Peshawar on September 22, 2013. A double suicide bombing killed more than 60 people at a church service in northwest Pakistan, officials said, the deadliest ever attack on Christians in the troubled country. — Photo AFP
A woman mourns the death of her relatives at the site of a suicide blast at a church in Peshawar September 22, 2013. — Photo Reuters
A woman mourns the death of her relatives at the site of a suicide blast at a church in Peshawar September 22, 2013. — Photo Reuters
Pakistani men carry an injured policeman into a hospital after two suicide bomb attacks on a Church in Peshawar on September 22, 2013. Two suicide bombers killed at least 53 people and wounded more than 100 in an attack on a church service in the restive northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials said.  — Photo AFP
Pakistani men carry an injured policeman into a hospital after two suicide bomb attacks on a Church in Peshawar on September 22, 2013. Two suicide bombers killed at least 53 people and wounded more than 100 in an attack on a church service in the restive northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials said. — Photo AFP
A man cries at the death of his brother at the site of a suicide blast at a church in Peshawar, September 22, 2013.  At least 40 people were killed and 70 wounded on Sunday in a suicide bomb attack on a church in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, a local government official said. — Photo Reuters
A man cries at the death of his brother at the site of a suicide blast at a church in Peshawar, September 22, 2013. At least 40 people were killed and 70 wounded on Sunday in a suicide bomb attack on a church in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, a local government official said. — Photo Reuters
A body lies covered on the ground at the site of a suicide blast at a church in Peshawar September 22, 2013. — Reuters Photo
A body lies covered on the ground at the site of a suicide blast at a church in Peshawar September 22, 2013. — Reuters Photo
Pakistani Christians and security officials gather outside the Church after two suicide bomb attacks in Peshawar on September 22, 2013.  A double suicide bombing killed more than 60 people at a church service in northwest Pakistan, officials said, the deadliest ever attack on Christians in the troubled country. — Photo AFP.
Pakistani Christians and security officials gather outside the Church after two suicide bomb attacks in Peshawar on September 22, 2013. A double suicide bombing killed more than 60 people at a church service in northwest Pakistan, officials said, the deadliest ever attack on Christians in the troubled country. — Photo AFP.
Men move dead bodies into a vehicle bound for the hospital, at the site of a suicide blast at a church in Peshawar September 22, 2013. — Photo Reuters
Men move dead bodies into a vehicle bound for the hospital, at the site of a suicide blast at a church in Peshawar September 22, 2013. — Photo Reuters
Ambulances are parked outside the Church after two suicide bomb attacks in Peshawar on September 22, 2013.  A double suicide bombing killed more than 60 people at a church service in northwest Pakistan, officials said, the deadliest ever attack on Christians in the troubled country.  — Photo AFP
Ambulances are parked outside the Church after two suicide bomb attacks in Peshawar on September 22, 2013. A double suicide bombing killed more than 60 people at a church service in northwest Pakistan, officials said, the deadliest ever attack on Christians in the troubled country. — Photo AFP
A Pakistani Christian couple react as they arrive at a hospital after two suicide bomb attacks on a Church in Peshawar on September 22, 2013. — Photo AFP
A Pakistani Christian couple react as they arrive at a hospital after two suicide bomb attacks on a Church in Peshawar on September 22, 2013. — Photo AFP
A Pakistani Christian carries an injured woman on her arrival at the hospital after two suicide bomb attacks on a Church in Peshawar on September 22, 2013. — Photo AFP
A Pakistani Christian carries an injured woman on her arrival at the hospital after two suicide bomb attacks on a Church in Peshawar on September 22, 2013. — Photo AFP
Men carry an injured women on a stretcher at the site of a  suicide blast at a church in Peshawar September 22, 2013. — Photo Reuters
Men carry an injured women on a stretcher at the site of a suicide blast at a church in Peshawar September 22, 2013. — Photo Reuters

A double suicide bombing killed more than 60 people at a church service in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, officials said, believed to be the deadliest attack on Christians in the troubled country.

Pakistan's small and largely impoverished Christian community suffers discrimination in overwhelmingly Muslim-majority but bombings against them are rare.

The two bombers struck at the end of a service at All Saints Church in Peshawar, the main town of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which has borne the brunt of a bloody Islamist insurgency in recent years.

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