Suicide bombers kill 50 in attack on anti-Taliban militia in Pakistan

TWIN suicide bombers in police uniforms killed 50 people and injured 100 in Pakistan’s tribal badlands yesterday, attacking an anti-Taliban militia and pro-government elders near the Afghan border.

The bombers hit an administration compound in Ghalanai, the main town in the district of Mohmand, about 175km northwest of Islamabad and which has been hard hit by Islamist violence.

A purported Pakistani Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack, threatening death to anyone who forms militias against the Islamists.