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Bomb in market kills 80 in northwestern Pakistan

Other News Materials 28 October 2009 14:11 (UTC +04:00)
A government official says the death toll in a market bombing in northwestern Pakistan has risen to at least 80 people, AP reported.
Bomb in market kills 80 in northwestern Pakistan

A government official says the death toll in a market bombing in northwestern Pakistan has risen to at least 80 people, AP reported.

North West Frontier Province Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain says 200 were wounded in Wednesday's attack in Peshawar city.

The blast coincided with a trip to Pakistan by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

She was three hours' drive away in the capital, Islamabad, when the blast took place.

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