A bomb exploded on a crowded carrying government officials in Pakistan on Friday. According to local authorities 17 people were killed and more than 40 others were wounded. <br /><br />According to Reuters the remote-control bomb was set off on a main road in Peshawar. A spokesman for the Lady Reading Hospital expects the number of casualties to increase because there were also people riding on the roof of the bus. <br /><br />The bomb was located in the back of the bus. Gruesome photos from the scene show a completely obliterated back of the bus, while the front seems to be somewhat intact. <br /><br />This is the second major attack Peshawar has experienced in the past few weeks. Last week a pair of suicide bombers attacked a 130-year-old Anglican church, killing at least 81 people when they blew themselves up. This marked the deadliest attack on Christians in the predominantly Muslim country. <br /><br />According to the New York Times, a Taliban splinter group claimed responsibility for last week attack, saying it was a violent response to American drone strikes in the nearby tribal belt.
