At least 44 people are killed and almost 200 are injured in Pakistan by a suicide bomber.
Targeting Pakistani Islamists, a suicide bomber in northwest Pakistan murdered 44 people and injured 200 others during a political event. An important partner of the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan, the Pakistani Taliban, was the target of the attack. There was a gathering in Bajur of Fazlur Rehman's adherents. One of the most violent attacks in recent years in Pakistan was the one that occurred.
According to a statement from the provincial police, a suicide bomber who was near to the platform where several top party leaders were seated during the incident detonated his explosives vest. Initial investigations indicated that the Afghan Taliban's opponent, the Islamic State group, which operates there, may have been responsible for the attack, according to the statement, which added that police were still looking into the matter.
According to the Pakistan Taliban (TTP), a blast in that country resulted in 44 deaths and close to 200 injuries. Islamists were intended to be pitted against one another in the incident, which was denounced by Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid.
After the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in August 2021, the TTP felt empowered and unilaterally brokered a cease-fire with the Pakistani government in November. Since then, they have increased their attacks throughout the nation. Hours before Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng arrived in Islamabad to take part in a ceremony commemorating CPEC's tenth anniversary, there was an attack.
147 people were killed in a Taliban attack on an army-run school in Peshawar; 74 people were killed in a mosque attack in January; and over 100 people were killed in a mosque attack in February, making this one of the four bloodiest incidents in the northwest since 2014. President Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif both denounced the attack and requested support for the injured and bereaved families.
The incident was denounced by the US Embassy in Islamabad as well. The bombing garnered widespread condemnation, and both the ruling and opposition parties expressed their sympathies to the families of the victims. To get supporters ready for the next elections, meetings are being planned all around the nation.