TIL Desk/World/Karachi/ At least 133 people, including a top nationalist leader, were killed and more than 125 others injured on Friday in a powerful suicide blast and a targeted attack on separate election rallies in Pakistan, the deadliest in a series of assaults on candidates ahead of the July 25 polls.
Militants targeted a gathering of Balochistan Awami Party leader Siraj Raisani in Mastung area in the troubled Balochistan province. “Raisani succumbed to wounds while he was being shifted to Quetta,” District Police Officer Mohammad Ayub Achakzai said. Raisani is the brother of former Chief Minister of Balochistan Nawab Aslam Raisani.
The Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility for the attack that left 128 people dead, police officials said. The outfit announced the claim through its Aamaq news agency without providing further details. At least 128 people, including Raisani, were killed and more than 125 injured in a deadly blast, police officials said.
