Hundreds mourn victims of suicide attack

Hundreds of mourners wept today as villagers buried victims of a horrific suicide bombing at a Pakistan election rally, an attack that killed 27 people and stoked fears about security ahead of next week’s crucial parliamentary election.

The blast yesterday devastated a hall where about 200 people had gathered in the town of Charsadda, in the turbulent North West Frontier province where Islamic extremists have been battling government forces.