Powerful blast in Pakistan : 31 killed, 40 hurt – Sikhs among dead
At least 31 people including 3 Sikhs were killed when a powerful blast in Pakistan went off. The bomb blast ripped through a busy market outside a religious seminary in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Powerful blast in Pakistan : 31 killed, 40 hurt – Sikhs among dead
The explosive material was planted in a bike in Juma Bazar near an imambargah, a Shia religious place. It happened in Orakzai tribal district’s Kalaya area, bordering Afghanistan. People were mostly buying warm clothes for the winter when the bomb went off.
Powerful blast in Pakistan : At least 31 people were killed while more than 40 others were injured. Deputy Commissioner of Orakzai Tribal district, Khalid Iqbal said, “Three Sikh traders and three children were also among the dead in the Orakzai blast.”
Officials said that most of the victims were minority Shia Muslims, who in the past were also targeted in the area. The officials said, “Three children were among those killed. The remote-controlled bomb was attached to a motorcycle.” The area has been cordoned off and investigation into the incident is underway. An emergency has been declared in the region’s hospitals to handle the situation created the powerful blast in Pakistan.
On Powerful blast in Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Orakzai tribal area and said: “My prayers go to the victims and their families. Let there be no doubt in anyone’s mind that we will crush the terrorists, whatever it takes.”
Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari blamed the US failure in Afghanistan for the attack and warned Pakistan to be prepared for more such incidents. She condemned the horrific terror attack.
She tweeted, “As the US fails in Afghanistan, Pakistan should be prepared for fallout and we must ensure greater security for our tribal areas especially protection of our people.”
The powerful blast in Pakistan has rattled up the country once again. The blame game will go on but the lives lost won’t come back.
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