Pakistani Muslims attend a funeral ceremony for bomb victims in a village near Peshawar on September 29, 2013.
Pakistani Muslims have held funeral ceremonies for the victims of Sunday™s twin bombing in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
Thousands of people joined the funeral prayers in and around Peshawar on Sunday evening.
The blasts near the Qissa Khawani market in Peshawar killed 41 people — including 16 members of one family — and injured at least 103 more.
A relative said the fateful family had come to Peshawar from a nearby village to invite other family members for a wedding ceremony.
“My family members were there (Peshawar) to invite the relatives for the marriage of my brother which was fixed on 20th of this month. I lost eight of my family members, including my cousins and aunts and sisters. In total I lost about (extended) 16 family members in this incident,” Malik Taj said.
He added that they were in a van when the bomb went off in the crowded market.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but police officials say the prime suspects are Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants, who have carried out similar attacks in the past.
However, in a statement issued later in the day, TTP spokesman Shahidullah Shahid condemned the bombing.
On September 27, a bomb explosion went off on a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, leaving nearly 20 people dead and over 40 others injured.
On September 22, about 80 people were killed in a twin bombing outside a church in Peshawar.
Thousands of Pakistanis have lost their lives in bombings and other militant attacks since the US-led war in neighboring Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001.
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