{"id":1986365,"date":"2023-07-30T18:32:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T22:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bomb-at-political-rally-kills-40-people-injures-scores-more\/"},"modified":"2023-07-30T18:35:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T22:35:38","slug":"bomb-at-political-rally-kills-40-people-injures-scores-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bomb-at-political-rally-kills-40-people-injures-scores-more\/","title":{"rendered":"40 dead, many injured in bomb attack at political rally."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbomb-at-political-rally-kills-40-people-injures-scores-more%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1986365&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Bomb at Political Rally Kills 40 People, Injures Scores More<\/h2>\n<p>A\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/oppenheimer-dropping-atomic-bombs-japan-necessary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">powerful bomb<\/a> ripped through\u200d a rally by supporters of a hard-line cleric and \u200cpolitical leader in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-pakistan-parents-padlock-daughters-grave-prevent-sick-act-body\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pakistan\u2019s<\/a> \u2064 northwestern Bajur district that borders Afghanistan on Sunday, police and\u2063 health officials said.\u2063 At least \u206340 people were killed and more than 100 wounded.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Senior \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/oakland-naacp-condemns-defund-police-blistering-statement-urges-white-asian-latino-communities-sound-crime-alarm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police<\/a> \u200b officer Nazir Khan said\u200b the workers convention\u2062 of Maulana Fazlur Rehman\u2019s Jamiat Ulema Islam party was taking place on the outskirts of Khar, the \u200dcapital of Bajur district, when the explosion took place.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>AP video showed \u200dwounded people being carried from the scene in the chaotic aftermath of\u200c the explosion.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Khan, 45, was hit by splinters in his leg and both hands. He said it was around 4 p.m. when the the explosion knocked him\u2063 to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was all dust and smoke around and\u2064 I was under the some injured people from where I hardly\u200d (could stand) up but only to\u200b see chaos and some scattered limbs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>No one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-women-who-taught-empowerment-workshops-killed-in-pakistan\/\" title=\"Four Women Who Taught Empowerment Workshops Killed In Pakistan\">immediately claimed responsibility<\/a> for the attack, but the\u2063 Islamic State group operates across \u200dthe\u2064 border in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, police said 10 people were killed but later\u2063 more\u200c bodies arrived at a local hospital \u200bbringing the\u200c death toll to\u200d 40. Khan said some of the wounded were \u200din critical condition and the death toll could\u200b rise.<\/p>\n<p>The JUI workers convention was arranged in a hall close to\u200b a market but later tents were \u2062added \u200dbecause of the large number of\u200d supporters who \u200cturned out. The \u2062venue \u2064was being \u200bguarded\u2064 by party volunteers dressed in\u2063 camel-colored \u2062traditional garb called Shalwar Qameez and holding batons.<\/p>\n<p>Khyber\u200d Pakhtunkhwa police\u2063 chief\u2062 Akhtar Hayat Gandapur said an initial\u200d investigation suggested a suicide bomber sneaked into the venue despite the security \u2064provided by party volunteers. He said \u2063explosives \u2062experts were combing the scene to \u200dpreserve evidence.<\/p>\n<p>District health officer Dr. Faisal Khan said 40 bodies and 150 wounded from the blast were at Khar\u2019s main hospital. \u200dSome of the\u200c wounded were in critical condition and\u2062 were \u2064being transferred \u200dto a facility in Peshawar and the adjoining district of Dir.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Shabaz Sharif, President Arif Alvi and other leaders \u200dcondemned\u2062 the \u200dattack and asked officials\u2064 to provide all possible assistance to the \u200dwounded and the bereaved families.<\/p>\n<p>Maulana Ziaullah, the local \u200bchief of Rehman\u2019s party, was among the dead. \u2063Senator Abdur Rasheed and former lawmaker Maulana Jamaluddin were also on the\u200d stage\u200c but escaped unhurt. Party\u200d officials said Rehman \u2063was not at the rally.<\/p>\n<p>Rasheed, the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-you-should-celebrate-thanksgiving\/\" title=\"Why You Should Celebrate Thanksgiving\">regional chief<\/a> of the party,\u200b said \u2063the attack was an \u200cattempt to remove JUI \u200bfrom \u200bthe field \u200bbefore parliament \u200delections in November but \u2063he said such\u200b tactics will not work.<\/p>\n<p>Rehman\u2062 is considered to be a pro-Taliban cleric and his political party is part of the coalition government in Islamabad. Meetings are being organized across the country to mobilize \u200dsupporters for \u2063the coming elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of\u2063 our fellows lost lives\u200d and many more \u200dwounded in this incident. I will ask the\u2064 federal\u2062 and provincial \u200cadministrations to fully investigate this incident and provide due compensation and medical facilities to the\u2064 affected ones,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammad Wali said he was listening \u200cto a speaker address the\u2062 crowd when the huge explosion temporarily deafened \u200chim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was near the\u200d water dispenser to fetch \u2062a glass \u2062of water \u2064when the bomb exploded throwing me away to the ground,\u201d he said. \u201cWe came to the meeting with enthusiasm but ended up at\u2064 the hospital seeing crying wounded people and sobbing relatives \u200ctaking bodies of their loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bajur, \u200donce used to be a tribal region but now a \u2062district, has been \u2064a safe haven for Islamic\u2062 militants until recent years when Pakistani military carried out massive operations to eliminate militancy from \u2062the tribal region. Militants still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bomb-at-political-rally-kills-40-people-injures-scores-more\/\" title=\"40 dead, many injured in bomb attack at political rally.\">strike\u200b attacking security forces<\/a> and civilians often.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The \u200bWestern Journal has reviewed this\u2062 Associated\u2063 Press story and may have altered it prior \u200dto publication to ensure that \u2063it meets our\u2064 editorial \u200bstandards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-bomb-political-rally-northwest-pakistan-kills-10-people-wounds-50\/\">Bomb at Political Rally Kills 40 People, Injures Scores More<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bomb exploded at a rally in Pakistan&#8217;s Bajur district, near Afghanistan, killing 40 and injuring over 100. The event was organized by Maulana Fazlur Rehman, a hard-line cleric and political leader. Police officer Nazir Khan confirmed the casualties at the workers convention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":1986366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1986365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1986365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1986366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1986365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1986365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1986365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}