Pakistan: Suicide Bombing At Peshawar Church

At least 52 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a church in northwest Pakistan, officials say.

Another 100 people were wounded in the explosion as they left the church in Peshwar city, which had been offering a free meal of rice.

It was not immediately clear whether one or two suicide bombers carried out the attack.

Peshawar's commissioner Sahibzada Anees told reporters the bombers struck when the service had just ended.

"Most of the wounded are in critical condition," he said, adding that special security had been in force to protect the church.

"We are in an area which is a target of terrorism and within that area there was a special security arrangement for the church. We are in a rescue phase and once it is over we will investigate what went wrong," 

Witnesses said they heard two blasts, the second more powerful than the first. One police officer, Zahir Shah, said he believed both blasts were caused by suicide bombers.

Schoolteacher Nazir Khan, 50, said at least 400 worshippers were greeting each other when there was a huge explosion.

"A huge blast threw me on the floor and as soon as I regained my senses, a second blast took place and I saw wounded people everywhere," she said.

Sher Ali Khan, a doctor at a hospital in Peshawar where the victims were being treated, said the dead included several women and children.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion will likely fall on one of the country's many Islamic militant groups.

Islamic militants have been blamed for previous attacks on the Muslim country's Christian minority, and other Muslim groups they consider heretics.

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