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Islamabad:
11 laborers were killed and two injured in a bomb blast in Gulmir Kot area of North Waziristan, Pakistan. ARY News has given information about this on Saturday. At the same time, police said the bomb had exploded in a van in North Waziristan. More information is awaited in this matter.
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The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the blast
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Let us tell you that the attack came a few weeks after a major suicide blast in Bajaur, which killed at least 63 people, including 23 children, and injured more than 200 people. According to Al Jazeera, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the blast.
The bomb blast targeted an election rally
The bombing targeted an election rally in Pakistan’s border district of Bajaur. Meanwhile, an attacker detonated a jacket packed with explosives near a platform of about 400 members of the main government coalition partner Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) party. A suicide bomber detonated the bomb while radical politician Fazlur Rehman was waiting for his speech to begin at this election rally.
After which JUI-F members and supporters gathered in Khar town near the Afghanistan border. According to officials, the conference started at 2 pm and blasted off at 4:10 pm.
Suicide attacks continue to rise in Pakistan
Terrorist activities have been on the rise in Pakistan since the end of the ceasefire between the Pakistan government and the banned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (TTP) in November last year. Especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. At the same time, a report released in July said that suicide attacks were on the rise in Pakistan.
18 suicide attacks in first seven months of 2023: report
Pakistan-based Dawn cited a report by a think tank as saying that 18 suicide attacks took place in Pakistan in the first seven months of 2023, in which 200 people lost their lives and more than 450 were injured. The escalation was a “futile attempt” by the militants to restart talks.