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Sunday, July 30, 2023
At least 40 people killed in explosion at political rally in Pakistan
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A powerful bomb rips through a rally by supporters of a hardline cleric and political leader in the country’s northwestern Bajur district that borders Afghanistan, police and health officials say, killing at least 40 people and wounding more than 100.
Senior police officer Nazir Khan says the workers convention of Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Jamiat Ulema Islam party was taking place on the outskirts of Khar, the capital of Bajur district, when the explosion took place. AP video showed wounded people being carried from the scene in the chaotic aftermath of the explosion.
Khan says some of the wounded were in critical condition and the death toll could rise.
No one immediately claims responsibility for the attack, but the Islamic State group operates across the border in Afghanistan.
The Times of Israel Community.