ISIS is believed to have been behind a suicide bombing in Pakistan that left 45 people dead and more than 130 others injured, local police said.
that left 45 people dead and more than 130 others injured, local police said Monday. The blast targeted a gathering of supporters of the conservative Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl party in the northwest Bajaur district on Sunday.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack near the border with Afghanistan, but counter-terrorism investigators suspect ISIS involvement, according to a police statement. The bombing came ahead of a general election later in the year, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif—an ally of the JUI-F—denouncing the attack as an assault on the democratic process.
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