By India Today World Desk: At least 44 individuals had been killed as a robust blast was triggered by a suicide bomber in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday. The incident came about at a gathering organised by Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) in Bajaur district.
A broadly shared video of the incident captures the second when the blast came about. The crowd was chanting slogans in help of their chief.
‘Hazrat Maulana Abdul Rashid Sahab… Zindabad, Zindabad!’, the gang cheered. This is when the blast came about, the video exhibits.
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The city of Khar is close to the border with Afghanistan. Over 400 JUI-F members and supporters had been attending the assembly, Dawn reported.
“It was a suicide attack, with the bomber detonating himself in close proximity to the stage,” Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Minister Riaz Anwar informed information company AFP.
Some footage additionally confirmed individuals gathering on the web site following the blast as ambulances arrived to maneuver the injured to hospitals.
An ambulance carries the injured to the hospital, after the blast. (Source: Reuters)
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The explosion came about at 4 pm on the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) staff’ conference in Khar, the capital of Bajaur tribal district.
Nearly 100 had been injured within the blast, police sources stated.
Saad Khan, the district emergency officer within the Bajaur area, stated that Maulana Ziaullah Jan, JUI-F’s native chief, was additionally killed within the blast, one of many worst lately.
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