Pakistan suicide bombing death toll rises to 56
Peshawar, Pakistan Reuters The death toll from a suicide bombing in Pakistan that targeted a hard-line religious group’s political rally and raised security concern for a general election due by November has risen to 56, a government official said on Tuesday. The attack was the deadliest on a political party since campaigning for the last […]
Islamic State claims responsibility for Pakistan bombing, death toll rises to 45
Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan Reuters Islamic State on Monday claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing of a political rally in north-west Pakistan held by a religious group allied to the government as the death toll from the attack rose to 45. The bomber struck at a gathering on Sunday of the conservative Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl […]
Suicide bomb at political rally in Pakistan kills more than 40
Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan Reuters At least 42 people were killed and over 130 injured when a suicide bomber set off explosives at a political rally in Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, police and rescue officials said. The blast took place at a gathering of the conservative Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) party, known […]