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Death toll rises to 54 in suicide blast at JUI-F political convention in Pakistan: Police

Death toll rises to 54 in suicide blast at JUI-F political convention in Pakistan: Police

Peshawar: Police in Pakistan's volatile Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region said Monday that the dead toll from the major suicide bombing at a political gathering of a hardline Islamist party had risen drastically to 54.

More than a hundred people were hurt in a suicide attack in Khar, the seat of Bajaur tribal district, according to initial police investigations.

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ISIS affiliates in the region have already gone after JUI-F party officials because they view them as apostates.—Inputs from Agencies

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