Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a church in northwestern
Pakistan Sunday, killing 78 people in the deadliest-ever attack against
the country’s Christian minority, reports the
Associated Press.
The bombers detonated their explosives just as Sunday services were
ending and there were hundreds of worshippers at the 130-year-old church
in Peshawar.
One of the suicide bombers detonated himself inside the
church while another apparently was unable to enter the church and
detonated his bomb outside, according to Pakistani newspaper
Dawn.
The bombers detonated their bombs within 30 seconds of each other.
“The
death toll may rise,” said Zaheerul Islam, Peshawar’s deputy
commissioner, according to the
Los Angeles Times.
The Taliban-linked Pakistani militant group TTP Jundullah claimed responsibility for the attack, reports
Reuters.
The group said it will continue to target non-Muslims in Pakistan until
the United States ends its drone attacks in Pakistan’s remote tribal
region.
On Sunday, a drone strike in North Waziristan killed six
suspected militants. Shortly after the attack, protests broke out in
several major cities across the country. But while there was lots of
anger at the attack, there was also a “sense of helplessness about the
government’s apparent inability to prevent such atrocities,”
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