Death toll from Pakistan suicide bombing jumps to 56
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): The death toll from last week’s suicide bombing of a political rally in northwestern Pakistan has jumped to 56 as two more people, who were critically injured, lost the battle for their lives at a hospital, officials said on Tuesday.
On Sunday, a suspected suicide bomber, who is believed to have acted alone, blew himself up at a rally in the Bajaur tribal district of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan, killing at least 44 and injuring over 200.
The death toll gradually jumped to 56, including 23 minors.
The rally was organized by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI), a mainstream religio-political party, which is a coalition partner in the federal government.
On Monday, IS Khorasan, the ISIS’ regional branch, claimed responsibility for the attack, one of the deadliest in the country in recent months.
Polio team attacked
Gunmen killed two police personnel guarding polio vaccinators in the southwestern Balochistan province on Tuesday, police said.
The attack, the latest in a series of ambushes on anti-polio teams, occurred in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan.
Pakistan is one of the two countries, including Afghanistan, where the polio virus is endemic.
The South Asian country, this year, has reported one polio case so far. In 2022, two polio cases were reported across the country.
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