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Event / 19.08.2008 23:53 Taliban suicide bomber targets Pak hospital, 25 killed
Police officials said they had found the head and parts of the body of the suicide bomber.
At least 25 people were killed and 50 injured today when a Taliban bomber blew himself up at a hospital in the troubled northwest Pakistan, posing a fresh challenge to the government grappling with extremist threats.
The suicide attack came a day after Pervez Musharraf, a key US ally on the war against terrorism, stepped down as President, sparking concerns about the country's role in fighting the menace.
The bomber detonated his explosives inside the emergency ward of the district headquarters hospital in Dera Ismail Khan town in North West Frontier Province, local officials told TV channels.
Police officials said they had found the head and parts of the body of the suicide bomber.
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