Villagers turn on Taliban after mosque massacre

Hundreds of Pakistanis angry over a mosque bomb attack have banded together to attack Taliban strongholds in a troubled northwest region, killing at least four militants.

Some 400 villagers from Upper Dir district’s Haya Gai area, where a suicide bomber killed 33 worshippers at a mosque on Friday, formed a militia and attacked five villages in the neighbouring Dhok Darra area, said Atif-ur-Rehman, the district coordination officer.