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Suicide attack in Pakistan tribal village kills many

Published:Friday | July 9, 2010 | 12:13 PM

Fifty people have been killed and hundreds injured in a suicide bombing in the Pakistani tribal village of Yakaghund.



Those killed include women and children.



The bomber rode up on a motorbike and then the explosion occurred.



The bombing took place in parts of Pakistan's tribal regions where the Taliban and Al-Qaeda have a strong presence.



The explosion also hit a commercial area, demolishing shops and vehicles and destroyed a part of a wall of a prison allowing prisoners to escape.