At least 39 people died this Sunday in a terrorist attack during a rally organized by an Islamist party with the northwestern city of Bajaur.
At the party rally Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl more than 400 people were in attendance at the time of the bomb explosion.
According to local media, one of the Islamist leaders would have died in the attack, Maulana Ziaullah.
As reported to AFP the delegate of the Ministry of Health in the province of Khaiber Pashtunjuá, Riaz Anwar, “In the hospital there are 39 dead and 123 injured, including 17 patients in serious condition.”
As reported by the BBCat this moment a important police deployment and fire teams to try to rescue the injured.
The attack occurred near the border with Afghanistan, a conflict zone where the Pakistani branch of Islamic State has carried out several attacks against government targets.
They also have a presence in the area Pakistani Taliban groupsclashing with both Islamic State cells and the Pakistani government.
Islamic State It has a vast network of mosques and Islamic centers in the remote areas of northwest Pakistan.
Both the Taliban and Islamic State consider the militants of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl traitors for having supported the government.
The large number of injured has overwhelmed the medical teams. many wounded, some in serious conditionThey wait in the corridors of the health centers where they have been transferred, waiting to be attended to. The authorities have declared a health emergency.
