ISLAMABAD, Dec 8 (KUNA) -- The death toll of a suicide bombing earlier Wednesday in Pakistani northern Kohat town is now up to 15, with over 20 others wounded, many seriously.
District Coordinating Officer (DCO) Shahidullah Khan talking to newsmen at the scene said that this was a suicide bombing and that the authorities have recovered the head and other parts of the suspected bombers body.
However, he said, the explosion ripped through a bus and not a barbers shop as being reported earlier. He said a suicide bomber blew himself up near a bus at the Tirah Bazaar bus station in the town.
The DCO said the explosion killed twelve people and wounded over twenty others. At least three more succumbed to their injuries in hospital.
The DCO feared further rise in the death toll as several of the wounded were in critical condition.(pick up previous) amn.wsa KUNA 081327 Dec 10NNNN