PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The loss of life toll from a suicide bombing in Pakistan that focused a hard-line spiritual group’s political rally has risen to 63 whereas 123 are nonetheless beneath therapy, a authorities official stated on Wednesday.
The assault—the deadliest on a political celebration since campaigning for the final election in 2018—has raised safety considerations forward of a normal election due by November.
The Islamic State militant group claimed duty for Sunday’s blast at a gathering of the Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) celebration, which is thought for its hyperlinks to hard-line Islamists however which condemns militants looking for to overthrow the federal government.
A complete of 63 individuals have died to this point and the toll may rise with 123 injured being handled in numerous hospitals after the assault within the northwestern district of Bajaur, its district headquarters hospital’s medical superintendent Liaqat Khan advised Reuters.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif denounced the blast, which got here after months of political rigidity and an financial disaster, as an assault on the democratic course of. — Reuters
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