A suicide bomber has detonated explosives at a political rally in northwestern Pakistan, killing at the very least 44 individuals and wounding almost 200, in accordance with officers.
The blast came about on Sunday at a gathering of the conservative Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) social gathering on the outskirts of Khar in Pakistan’s northwestern Bajaur district, which borders Afghanistan.
There was no rapid declare of accountability.
Provincial police mentioned in a press release that the suicide bomber set off his explosives vest near the stage the place a number of senior social gathering leaders have been sitting. It mentioned preliminary investigations prompt the ISIL (ISIS) group might be behind the assault and officers have been nonetheless investigating.
Al Jazeera’s Victoria Gatenby stories.
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