Fri, Feb 29 10:24 PM
The death toll in a suicide attack on the funeral for a policeman in northwest Pakistan rose to at least 15 and many of the casualties were police, a senior officer said.
Interior Ministry spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema said at least 50 people were wounded in the attack in Swat, a mountainous region where Pakistani security forces have been battling Islamist militants for months.
Waqif Khan, a senior police officer in the region said the death toll had risen to 15.
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