At least 13 people were killed on Sunday as a suicide bomber blew himself up at a funeral near the northwestern city of Peshawar.

At least 13 people were killed on Sunday as a suicide bomber blew himself up at a funeral near the northwestern city of Peshawar.

"At least 13 people have died and more than 30 wounded”, senior police officer Kalam Khan said.
“It was a suicide attack, we have found the head and legs of the bomber”, he added.

Khan also said that the blast went off near a graveyard where people had just offered funeral prayers in the Badaber area on the outskirts of Peshawar.

Doctor Rahim Jan, head of the local Lady Reading Hospital confirmed the casualties.
"We have 13 dead, they are all male. There are 34 wounded and five of them are in serious condition," Jan said.