Hillary Clinton condemns Jamrud mosque blast

According to a statement issued by the US Embassy, she said that suicide attack on innocent citizens during Juma prayer reflects barbarism.She said that the US would stand by Pakistan in the war on terror and against the enemies of democracy and liberty, adding that the Pakistan’s endeavours against terrorists are commendable.it is worthy of note that at least 47 tribesmen were killed and 70 others injured when a teenage suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque during Friday prayers in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency.Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack.The mosque is situated in an area inhabited by Kukikhel tribesmen.Haji Zarmin Khan, an eyewitness some of whose close relatives were among the dead, said the bomber struck seconds after the main Friday prayers had ended at the recently-constructed Shera Baaz mosque.“I saw blood and human flesh splattered all around when I entered the mosque,” he said, adding that he removed seven bodies from the rubble.Pallets from the bomb caused potholes in the walls of the main prayer hall which also developed cracks.Amirzada, a local tribesman, said some young boys had cautioned about the presence of the bomber, but it was too late. By that time the bomber had reached the main area of the mosque and detonated his explosives-filled jacket.At least 50 people were killed in almost an identical attack on a mosque, incidentally also on Friday, in Jamrud in March 2009.Agencies add: Blood was splattered across the mosque’s main hall and walls, while the building’s doors and windows were destroyed and its ceiling fans mangled by the blast. Ball bearings used in the suicide vest were also scattered across the mosque.TV footage showed blood on the walls and ceiling of the mosque as people collected clothes and sandals scattered by the blast.More than 500 people packed into the mosque and senior official of the Khyber administration Syed Ahmed Jan said the bomb had exploded seconds after the main Friday prayers ended.Gul Jamal Afridi, a truck driver, said he had been thrown to the ground in the intensity of the blast. “I saw smoke and fire.People were dying and crying for help; some were running in panic. I saw body parts and human flesh, it was horrible,” he said.Saleem Khan, a witness, said people panicked after the blast, and that amid the smoke, cries and blood, several ran over him when he fell.“Whoever did it in the holy month of Ramazan cannot be a Muslim,” he said from a hospital bed in Peshawar. “It is the cruellest thing any Muslim would do.” Iftikhar Khan, an official at the Hayatabad Medical Complex, said 40 wounded people had been rushed there alone.Friday’s attack was the deadliest since May 13 when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a police training centre in a town about 30km north of Peshawar, killing 98 people.