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50 killed in Pakistan bombing claimed by sectarian militant group
A man injured in the Parachinar blasts is carried to a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. Pic: Reuters
25th June 2017
A man injured in the Parachinar blasts is carried to a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. Pic: Reuters
25th June 2017
TWIN bombs hit the northwestern Pakistani town of Parachinar on Friday
afternoon, killing at least 50 people on the day before the end of the
holy Islamic month of Ramadan.
The bombing was claimed by a Pakistan-based sectarian militant
group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, who said in a statement that the attack was
aimed specifically at minority Shi’ite Muslims, and have threatened that
there would be more attacks over Pakistanis fighting Sunni militants in
the Syrian civil war.
Right before the end of #Ramadan- About 50 dead & over 100 injured due to four #bomb attacks in #Pakistan!
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Right before the end of #Ramadan- About 50 dead & over 100 injured due to four #bomb attacks in #Pakistan! pic.twitter.com/4oDhGYNdEf— Kevin W. (@kwilli1046) 24 June 2017
Sabir Hussain, medical superintendent of Parachinar Hospital, said that
in addition to the 50 found dead, a further 250 people were wounded,
with 60 of the seriously wounded being transferred to the bigger city of
Peshawar.
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, also known as LeJ Al Amani, has previously partnered
with the so-called Islamic State to carry out attacks in Pakistan. The
faction said it had warned “the Shia community of Parachinar … to stop
staining your hands with the blood of Sunnis in Syria”.
It added: “Otherwise in the coming days you will face such hate-fueled
and deadly attacks that you will not be able to stand them.”
Another bombing in the southwestern city of Quetta killed 13 people and a
drive-by shooting killed four police officers in the southern megacity
of Karachi on Friday. Both of those attacks were claimed by another
militant group, the Jamaat ur Ahrar faction of the Pakistani Taliban.
Islamic State also claimed the Quetta attack through a messaging
network. It had not commented on the Parachinar attack by Saturday
afternoon.
Pakistan army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa was quoted saying in a
tweet posted by the chief military spokesman: “Enemy trying to mar
festive mood of nation through such coward acts. Shall fail against
resilience of Pakistan.”
Additional reporting by Reuters