Iran Press/ Asia: On Sunday, 54 people were killed and 83 people were injured after a bomb exploded in a political gathering in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest of Pakistan.
The bomber attacked the gathering of the conservative Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl party, which is allied with the government in the Bajaur district on Sunday in the northwest, near the border with Afghanistan.
The death toll from a suicide bombing that targeted an election rally in the border district of Bajaur, Pakistan, has risen to 54 as funerals are held and the government promises to hunt down those behind the attack.
Nearly 200 people were wounded in Sunday’s bombing, which the ISIL (ISIS) armed group claimed responsibility for on Monday.
The hardline militant group Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bombing, issuing a statement on its Telegram channel on Monday.
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