Post by sevenofnine on Jul 31, 2023 10:56:18 GMT -5
Of course
The death toll from a massive suicide bombing that targeted an election in the border district of Bajaur has risen to 54, as Pakistan held funerals and the government promised to hunt down those behind the attack.
Nearly 200 people were wounded in Sunday’s bombing claimed by the ISIL (ISIS) armed group on Monday.
“A suicide attacker from the Islamic State [ISIL]… detonated his explosive jacket in the middle of a crowd” in the town of Khar, the armed group’s news arm Amaq said in a statement.
Around 400 members of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) party – a key government coalition partner headed by hardline politician Fazlur Rehman – were waiting on Sunday for speeches to begin when a bomber detonated a vest packed with explosives near the front stage.
Rehman did not attend the rally, held under a large tent close to a market in Bajaur district. The Pakistani leader has escaped at least two known bomb attacks in 2011 and 2014 during political rallies.
As condolences continued to pour in fr
www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/31/pakistan-holds-funerals-as-government-vows-to-hound-those-responsible
The death toll from a massive suicide bombing that targeted an election in the border district of Bajaur has risen to 54, as Pakistan held funerals and the government promised to hunt down those behind the attack.
Nearly 200 people were wounded in Sunday’s bombing claimed by the ISIL (ISIS) armed group on Monday.
“A suicide attacker from the Islamic State [ISIL]… detonated his explosive jacket in the middle of a crowd” in the town of Khar, the armed group’s news arm Amaq said in a statement.
Around 400 members of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) party – a key government coalition partner headed by hardline politician Fazlur Rehman – were waiting on Sunday for speeches to begin when a bomber detonated a vest packed with explosives near the front stage.
Rehman did not attend the rally, held under a large tent close to a market in Bajaur district. The Pakistani leader has escaped at least two known bomb attacks in 2011 and 2014 during political rallies.
As condolences continued to pour in fr
www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/31/pakistan-holds-funerals-as-government-vows-to-hound-those-responsible
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