The blast in a mosque in the Pakistani village of Hayagay killed about 40 people. On this June 5, reports Reuters referring to local authorities.
A member of the Upper Dir district administration Atif ur-Rehman told reporters that the number of injured has not yet been calculated. Local resident Umer Rehman said that at this time identified only 30 deaths. "For a large number of mosques scattered fragments of bodies. We do not know which of them belong to people already identified, and what - the other died," - he added.
In response to Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Reza Gilani said that the Government is determined to eradicate terrorism in the country. Earlier, on 5 June, Pakistani authorities announced the arrest of several failed suicide bombings in Islamabad and Ravalpindi. By the way, on 4-5 June in Pakistan, is visiting the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke.
Village Hayagay, in which the attack occurred, is located near the Swat Valley, where the end of April, armed clashes between militants of the Taliban and government forces. Fighting resumed in the fact that the Taliban have violated the terms of the truce reached in February. According to recent data, from the beginning of operations in the valley, thousands of fighters were killed 1,2 and 90 soldiers. May 30, Army otbila from the Taliban capital of Swat Valley, the city Mingoru.
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