An ambulance carries the injured to the hospital, after a blast in Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, on July 30, 2023. (Reuters)
ISIS claims responsibility for Pakistan suicide bombing as toll rises to 54
The ISIS group on Monday claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing at a political rally in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, the group said in a statement on its Telegram account.
“A suicide attacker from the ISIS... detonated his explosive jacket in the middle of a crowd” in northwestern Pakistani town of Khar, the statement said.
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Meanwhile, the death toll from a suicide blast has risen to 54, with almost half of the victims children, police said on Monday.
“The death toll has now reached 54,” Shaukat Abbas, a senior official with the counter-terrorism department, told AFP, adding that 23 victims were under the age of 18.
Anwar ul Haq, deputy commissioner for the district, confirmed the toll.
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