The supporters of a hardline cleric and political leader bombed a political rally in Pakistan on July 30, 2023.
At least 35 people were killed during the explosion and more than 100 were wounded. At first, the police thought that only 10 people had been killed, but later on, more hurt residents came, and the death count is now above 35 people. “I lost consciousness for a few minutes because of the power of the explosion,” Mr. Mamond, a survivor of the blast said in a telephone interview from a hospital in Bajaur where he was being treated for minor injuries. The missile itself is suspected to be launched by a suicide bomber. The attack was likely launched by an Islamic State affiliate (ISIS-K) in the region that is active in northwest Pakistan. The group has previously targeted members of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl because of the close relationships the party’s local leaders maintain with the Taliban administration in Afghanistan, experts say. The ISIS-K attacked the Taliban for not using strict enough laws.
Currently, some badly injured patients are being transferred to better medical hospitals like Peshawar to receive treatment. “A few different groups — from the T.T.P. to ISIS — are trying to carve out space for themselves in the country, and that creates incentives for each of these groups to try to distinguish themselves in whom they choose to target, where those attacks happen and the scale of the violence they create,” Asfandyar Mir added.
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At least 35 people were killed during the explosion and more than 100 were wounded. At first, the police thought that only 10 people had been killed, but later on, more hurt residents came, and the death count is now above 35 people. “I lost consciousness for a few minutes because of the power of the explosion,” Mr. Mamond, a survivor of the blast said in a telephone interview from a hospital in Bajaur where he was being treated for minor injuries. The missile itself is suspected to be launched by a suicide bomber. The attack was likely launched by an Islamic State affiliate (ISIS-K) in the region that is active in northwest Pakistan. The group has previously targeted members of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl because of the close relationships the party’s local leaders maintain with the Taliban administration in Afghanistan, experts say. The ISIS-K attacked the Taliban for not using strict enough laws.
Currently, some badly injured patients are being transferred to better medical hospitals like Peshawar to receive treatment. “A few different groups — from the T.T.P. to ISIS — are trying to carve out space for themselves in the country, and that creates incentives for each of these groups to try to distinguish themselves in whom they choose to target, where those attacks happen and the scale of the violence they create,” Asfandyar Mir added.
I hope you enjoyed this passage, and I hope you understand what it’s like for those people out there.
