Pakistan Blast Video: The attacker came with 10 kg of explosives and then … the video just before the blast surfaced

Police in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said on Monday that a preliminary investigation suggested that the banned terrorist group Islamic State (IS) was behind a suicide attack on a political conference of a hardline Islamic party that killed at least 44 people. were killed and over 100 were injured. The attack took place on Sunday when over 400 members of the hardline Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) party had gathered for a meeting in Khar city. A video shared on social media shows JUI’s conference just before the blast.

There is a loud blast in the last part of the video. In the video, a crowd of workers is seen under a big pandal. Children carrying the flag are also seen in the crowd. People are seen standing facing the stage when there is a loud explosion and there is a stampede in the pandal. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IG Akhtar Hayat Khan has confirmed that the blast was a suicide attack. He added that 0 kg of explosives were used in the blast.

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Minister Jamal Firoz Shah said an emergency has been declared in hospitals in Peshawar and Dir districts. After the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, there has been an increase in terrorist attacks in Pakistan. On 30 January, a suicide bomber from the Kistan Taliban detonated himself during afternoon prayers at the mosque, killing 101 people.

#BREAKING: This is the video of the moment Suicide explosion took place in Workers Convention of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam in Khar of Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 50 killed and more than 200 injured in the explosion. No group has claimed responsibility. pic.twitter.com/Nc2XqJo75F

Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) July 30, 2023