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At least 40 killed in Pakistan explosion during political rally appeared on www.independent.co.uk by Matt Drake.
A powerful bomb has killed at least 40 people in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local authorities say.
The explosion ripped through a rally by supporters of a hard-line cleric and political leader in the country’s northwestern Bajur district that borders Afghanistan.
Government administrator Mohibullah Khan Yousufzai said the death toll rose to 35 and the number of wounded was well over 100.
He said the seriously wounded people were being airlifted to the provincial capital, Peshawar, for better medical care.
Senior police officer Nazir Khan said the workers’ convention of Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Jamiat Ulema Islam party was taking place on the outskirts of Khar when the explosion took place.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but the Islamic State group operates across the border in Afghanistan.
Maulana Ziaullah, the local chief of Rehman’s party, was among the dead. Senator
Abdur Rasheed and former lawmaker Maulana Jamaluddin was also on the stage but escaped unhurt. Party officials said Rehman was not in the rally.
Head Quarters, rescue workers inspect the site after a bomb explosion in the Bajur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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More than 100 people have also been injured in the blast
(AP)
He said some of the wounded were taken to the city’s main hospital in critical condition and the death toll could increase.
Rehman is considered to be a pro-Taliban cleric and his political party is part of the coalition government in Islamabad.
It is not known whether Rehman was present. Meetings are being organised across the country to mobilise supporters for the coming elections.
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