Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan ( Pakistan Taliban) claimed the responsibility for Wednesday morning's suicide blast at a funeral that has so far killed over 30 people and injured more than 40 others in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar, reported local Urdu TV channel Geo.


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People transfer an injured man to a hospital in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar, on March 9, 2011. Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (Pakistan Taliban) claimed the responsibility for Wednesday morning's suicide blast at a funeral that has so far killed over 30 people and injured more than 40 others in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar, reported local Urdu TV channel Geo. (Xinhua/Umar Qayyum)
According to the local media reports, the blast took place at about 11 a.m. (local time) at a funeral held for the deceased wife of a commander leading the local militia against Taliban in a small village, some 20 kilometers away from Peshawar.


About 200 people were present at the funeral when the blast took place. Dozens of people were killed right on the spot while some others died later in hospital, said local reports.


Some local media reports said the blast killed 25 people while others reported that over 30 people were killed and more than 40 others injured.


Details about the identity of the suicide bomber are not immediately available. Eyewitnesses said that a man walked into the crowds attending the funeral and blew himself up.


Rescue workers, law enforcement agencies and a bomb disposal squad reached the site shortly after the blast was reported. Police have cordoned off the area and an emergency was declared at local hospitals in Peshawar for the injured people in the blast.


On Tuesday morning, Pakistan Taliban claimed the responsibility for another suicide car blast that has claimed 32 lives and injured more than 100 others in Pakistan's eastern city of Faisalabad, some 100 kilometers southwest of Lahore.


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