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Death toll in the Hangu suicide bombing rose to 38 as two more among the injured succumbed to their injuries and another four bodies were recovered from the debris of the collapsed buildings on Friday, local sources said.
The sources said the number of those injured in the bombing stood at 56. The injured were under treatment at a number of hospitals in Hangu, Kohat and Peshawar. Conditions at the government hospital in Hangu were stated to be inadequate to cope with the rush of the injured on the day of the blast.
As many as 30 shops, hotels, the building of the Hangu Press Club, the offices of a private cellular company, district courts and a police station were destroyed in the deadly explosion. Scenes of destruction were still evident all over the place a day after the explosion.
Residents lamented the slow pace of rescue work and the government’s indifference to their plight. They pointed out that only one excavator and one tractor-trolley were available for the rescue operation.
The people doing rescue work and visiting the place to see the destruction mostly blamed outsiders for the blast and said inimical powers were trying to harm Pakistan. Out of fear or other reasons, not many people were blaming the Taliban for the attack even though they had claimed responsibility for the bombing.
District Coordination Officer Abdul Rasheed said that a black pick-up vehicle carrying 600 kilograms of explosives was used in the bombing. He said the vehicle had come from Thall to Hangu and clues had been found to hunt down the perpetrators of the sabotage act. The official said the owner of the vehicle had been identified and the engine had been found.
Abdul Rasheed said Hangu was surrounded by three tribal agencies due to which the militants were taking shelter there after carrying out acts of subversion. He said security had been beefed up to check the activities of anti-state elements and prevent repetition of such incidents.
Meanwhile, Ehsanullah Ehsan, a spokesman for the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan threatened to continue attacking government installations. He warned the people to avoid milling around government offices. He had earlier claimed responsibility for the Hangu bombing.
Death toll in the Hangu suicide bombing rose to 38 as two more among the injured succumbed to their injuries and another four bodies were recovered from the debris of the collapsed buildings on Friday, local sources said.
The sources said the number of those injured in the bombing stood at 56. The injured were under treatment at a number of hospitals in Hangu, Kohat and Peshawar. Conditions at the government hospital in Hangu were stated to be inadequate to cope with the rush of the injured on the day of the blast.
As many as 30 shops, hotels, the building of the Hangu Press Club, the offices of a private cellular company, district courts and a police station were destroyed in the deadly explosion. Scenes of destruction were still evident all over the place a day after the explosion.
Residents lamented the slow pace of rescue work and the government’s indifference to their plight. They pointed out that only one excavator and one tractor-trolley were available for the rescue operation.
The people doing rescue work and visiting the place to see the destruction mostly blamed outsiders for the blast and said inimical powers were trying to harm Pakistan. Out of fear or other reasons, not many people were blaming the Taliban for the attack even though they had claimed responsibility for the bombing.
District Coordination Officer Abdul Rasheed said that a black pick-up vehicle carrying 600 kilograms of explosives was used in the bombing. He said the vehicle had come from Thall to Hangu and clues had been found to hunt down the perpetrators of the sabotage act. The official said the owner of the vehicle had been identified and the engine had been found.
Abdul Rasheed said Hangu was surrounded by three tribal agencies due to which the militants were taking shelter there after carrying out acts of subversion. He said security had been beefed up to check the activities of anti-state elements and prevent repetition of such incidents.
Meanwhile, Ehsanullah Ehsan, a spokesman for the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan threatened to continue attacking government installations. He warned the people to avoid milling around government offices. He had earlier claimed responsibility for the Hangu bombing.
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