<p>Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Muhammad Talha said in a statement that yesterday's attack was directed against the Kukikhel tribe, whose members killed two militants recently.<br />Talha claimed the tribesmen had also destroyed three Taliban hideouts in the area.<br /><br />A teenage suicide bomber blew himself up in the Jamia Masjid in Jamrud area of Khyber Agency after the Friday prayers, killing at least 53 people and injuring over 120.<br />The bombing was one of the worst terrorist attacks in recent months.<br /><br />A tribal elder in Jamrud area said Taliban fighters had come to the mosque over a week ago to recruit new members.<br /><br />Local residents refused to joined them and said they would not support the Taliban or the Lashkar-e-Islam, another militant group operating in Khyber Agency.<br /><br />Witnesses said that when the bomber entered the mosque yesterday, he shouted: "Who will throw me out of the area now?"<br /><br />Over 250 people were in the mosque when the blast occurred.</p>
<p>Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Muhammad Talha said in a statement that yesterday's attack was directed against the Kukikhel tribe, whose members killed two militants recently.<br />Talha claimed the tribesmen had also destroyed three Taliban hideouts in the area.<br /><br />A teenage suicide bomber blew himself up in the Jamia Masjid in Jamrud area of Khyber Agency after the Friday prayers, killing at least 53 people and injuring over 120.<br />The bombing was one of the worst terrorist attacks in recent months.<br /><br />A tribal elder in Jamrud area said Taliban fighters had come to the mosque over a week ago to recruit new members.<br /><br />Local residents refused to joined them and said they would not support the Taliban or the Lashkar-e-Islam, another militant group operating in Khyber Agency.<br /><br />Witnesses said that when the bomber entered the mosque yesterday, he shouted: "Who will throw me out of the area now?"<br /><br />Over 250 people were in the mosque when the blast occurred.</p>