Suicide attack kills 50 in Pakistan

AP Photo: Pakistani security officials and local residents look belongings of the victims at the site of...

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SHERPAO, Pakistan - A suicide attacker detonated a bomb packed with ball bearings and nails amid hundreds of holiday worshippers Friday at the residential compound of Pakistan's former interior minister, killing at least 50 people and wounding over 100, authorities said.

It was the second suicide attack in eight months to apparently target Aftab Khan Sherpao, who is running in upcoming parliamentary elections. But although election-related violence is common in Pakistan, suspicion over the bombing will likely focus on the pro-Taliban or al-Qaida militants active in the northwestern region of the country where the attack occurred.

The attack, which came during the Islamic holy day of Eid al-Adha, created a scene of carnage at the mosque at the politician's compound in Sherpao, a village 25 miles northeast of the city of Peshawar. Read More