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Article: Suicide bomb attack at tribal meeting kills 30 in northwestern Pakistan
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- March 2, 2008
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A suicide bomber blew himself up at a peacemaking meeting of tribal elders in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least 30 people and injuring 80, witnesses and officials said.
The explosion took place at the public meeting in the tribal-majority town of Darra Adam Khel in North West Frontier Province about 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of the provincial capital, Peshawar.
Alam Khan, a tribesman at the meeting, said a young man walked up to a group of elders and blew himself up. He said the attack killed at least 30 people. Local official Mohammad Shoaib also put the death toll at 30.
"It was a huge explosion and left body parts and blood scattered on the ...