Pakistan election: Scores killed in bomb attacks on poll rallies

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

27 minutes ago

A suicide bomber has killed at least 85 people and injured about 150 in an attack on a campaign rally in south-western Pakistan, officials say.

They say a provincial candidate was among the dead in the town of Mastung.

Earlier, a bomb attack on another election-related gathering killed four people in the northern town of Bannu. There are fears of further violence ahead of general elections on 25 July.

Meanwhile, former PM Nawaz Sharif was arrested after flying home from the UK.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44824619

[forgotmylogin]

1. Jeesh.

I don't think I've heard of a death toll from a single suicide bomber so high. That explosive must have been enormous.

[chowder66]

2. This is horrendous. nt

[brooklynite]

3. I sort of understand how you get someone to martyr themselves over religion...

...how do you do it over economic policy?

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. It now says Islamic State claimed the attack (nt)