Islamic StateKhorasan ISK group on Monday claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing at a JUIF political gathering as the toll from the tragedy rose to including minors . At least of those who perished on Sunday were laid to rest in their native villages after funeral prayers in the Nawagai Mamond Sadiqabad Inayat Kallay Khar Shinkoot Shandi and Alzai localities .
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker chief minister Mohammad Azam Khan and Peshawar Corps Commander Lt Gen Sardar Hassan Azhar Hayat Khan visited Bajaur on Monday to meet those injured in the blast . The mood in the area remains grim with traders announcing shutdown strike across the district .
Local officials hit out at the government for failing to provide security in areas where militants operate. The state has failed regardless of who is in power said Shamsuz Zaman deputy general secretary of its Bajau branch . The blast was the third row of violence in the region last year, according to local JUIFF officials.
The blast occurred at a rally in the last year. The marquee lay mangled and charred the morning after the explosion partly collapsed onto bloodsoaked carpets with around upended red chairs strewn about. Investigators in rubber gloves and facemasks picked through the scene one using a trowel to scoop up a trowses .
The explosion. The explosion occurred on Monday. The event. The stage. Was the first of the explosion. It was a tragedy. It occurred. The bomb. It is a devastating sight. My head is still hurting. I initially thought there was a lot of people. My ears.
I was shocked. I could not see anything.
