At the least 40 folks have been killed in an explosion at a political gathering in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, Geo Information reported, citing native officers.
The report didn’t point out a potential trigger for the blast that befell at a gathering of the conservative Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) social gathering, recognized for its hyperlinks to hardline political Islam, within the former tribal space of Bajaur.
Bilal Faizi a spokesman for Rescue 1122, a first-responder service within the province, advised Reuters that 17 had been killed based on preliminary reviews, however over 70 have been injured and the toll may rise.
Pakistan has seen a resurgence of assaults by Islamist militants since final 12 months when a ceasefire between the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamabad broke down.
The TTP pledges allegiance to, however is just not straight part of, Afghanistan’s Taliban.
SOURCE: REUTERS
