At least 44 people killed, over 100 injured in Pakistan suicide blast

KABUL (Pajhwok): At least 44 people were killed and over 100 others injured in a suicide blast in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province late on Sunday, according to Pakistani media.

The blast took place at Maulana Fazal Rahman’s led Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) workers’ convention in the Bajour district when more than 400 JUI-F members and supporters gathered under a tent in the town of Khar, near the border with Afghanistan.

KP Health Minister Riaz Anwar told AFP that 44 people had been confirmed killed and over 100 wounded, reported by dawn.

“It was a suicide attack, with the bomber detonating himself in close proximity to the stage,” he added.

Acting Afghan government strongly condemned the blast and said such criminal acts could not be justifiable in anyway.

The Islamic Emirate Spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid on his Twitter handle wrote: “The Islamic Emirate condemns the explosion in the Jamiat Ulema Islam gathering in Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.”

Mujahid conveyed his deep regret and condolences to the affected families and said such crimes cannot be justified in any way.

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