At least 44 people have been killed and dozens of others injured in a suicide attack at a political gathering in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to reports.
The blast targeted the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI-F) party – a government coalition partner led by an influential firebrand cleric — when more than 400 members and supporters gathered under a tent in the town of Khar, near the border with Afghanistan, on Sunday, officials said
Riaz Anwar the health minister for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province told AFP late Sunday that 44 people had been confirmed killed and at least 120 injured.
“It was a suicide attack, with the bomber detonating himself in close proximity to the stage,” he told AFP.
Source: AFP
