A MAN arrested after his brother-in-law’s severed thumb fell from the sky has been jailed for 30 years for his murder.

A powerful bomb exploded at a rally of lawyers in the Pakistan capital of Islamabad today, killing at least two people and wounding several others, police said.

MOURNERS buried three girls killed in a Christmas grenade attack on a tiny church in eastern Pakistan, and police detained an Islamic cleric who allegedly called on followers to kill Christians days before the bombing.

A powerful time bomb ripped through a school van in the eastern Punjab province in Pakistan today, killing at least seven people, including two children, and wounding several others, police said.

Trouble later flared in the Manningham area of Bradford after police cleared protesters from the city centre.