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Bomb blast at Parachinar winter market in Pakistan, 23 killed
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At least 23 people were killed and 55 others injured on Sunday when a bomb ripped through a cloth market in the restive tribal region near the Afghan border in northwest Pakistan.
At least 23 people were killed and 55 others injured on Sunday when a bomb ripped through a cloth market in the restive tribal region near the Afghan border in northwest Pakistan.
The blast occurred in Parachinar in Kurram agency when the market was filled with a large number of people who were buying used and second-hand winter clothes.
Security forces reached the spot and cordoned off the area and evidence is also being gathered from the crime scene.
“At least 23 have died and more than 50 were injured,” said Amjad Ali Khan, the political administrator of Kurram.
Meanwhile, two suspects were taken into custody from the blast site whereas police said that the bomb was hidden in a cloth bale.
The injured were shifted to agency headquarters hospital in Parachinar for medical assistance. However, officials have so far not confirmed the exact nature of the blast.
A doctor at the hospital where the wounded were taken said that most of the injured were in “critical condition” and added that the death toll could increase. Emergency has been declared.
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