US EditionDeaths from IS bombing at Islamist rally in Pakistan rise to 63 after more wounded people die
- The death toll from a suicide bombing at a pro-Taliban Islamist party rally in Pakistan has risen to 63, with eight additional wounded people succumbing to their injuries at hospitals. Nearly 200 people were injured in the attack, and some are still in unstable condition.
- The bombing took place in Bajur, a district previously cleared of militants by the Pakistani military in 2016. The rally was organized by Fazlur Rehman, a pro-Taliban cleric, and his Jamiat Ulema Islam party, which maintains close ties with the Afghan Taliban.
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Death toll climbs to 63 in suicide bombing at Pakistan pro-Taliban rally
The death toll from the weekend suicide bombing at a rally of a pro-Taliban Islamist party in Pakistan jumped to 63, doctors said Wednesday, in the wake of one of the country's worst attacks in recent years. The tally from Sunday's explosion rose after a bomber struck an election campaign rally of supporters of a pro-Taliban cleric Fazlur Rehman in Bajur, where the Pakistani military spent years fighting the Pakistani Taliban before declaring th…
Death toll from IS bombing at a pro-Taliban cleric’s rally in Pakistan earlier this week rises to 63
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from an Islamic State group’s suicide bombing at a campaign rally over the weekend of a pro-Taliban Pakistani cleric’s party rose to 63 on Wednesday, after eight people died in hospital. Sunday’s massive attack — one of the country’s worst attacks in recent years — left nearly 200 wounded, several critically. The bomber struck an election campaign rally of supporters of pro-Taliban cleric Fazlur Rehman in th…
Death toll rises to 63 in suicide blast at JUI-F political convention in Pakistan
The JUI-F party is part of the coalition government led by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). The major terror attack occurred as Pakistani political parties are beginning campaign preparations ahead of elections in the coming months. The attack in Bajaur was one of the worst in northwestern Pakistan in the last decade.
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