Officials said that most of the victims were minority Shia Muslims, who in the past were also targeted in the area
A powerful bomb blast ripped through a busy market outside a religious seminary in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, killing at least 30 people and injuring over 40 others, officials said.The explosive material was planted in a bike in the Friday Market (Juma Bazar) near an imambargah, a Shia religious place, in Orakzai tribal district’s Kalaya area.
People were buying warm clothes when the bomb went off, officials said.At least 30 people were killed while more than 40 others injured, Geo news quoted district administration officials as saying.
Officials said that most of the victims were minority Shia Muslims, who in the past were also targeted in the area.“Three children were among those killed. The remote-controlled bomb was attached to a motorcycle,” officials said.
The area has been cordoned off and investigation into the incident is under way.An emergency has been declared in the region’s hospitals to handle the situation.Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari blamed the US failure in Afghanistan for the attack and warned Pakistan to be prepared for more such incidents….Read More
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