ISIS behind Pak’s Bajaur suicide blast incident: Reports

After Pakistan’s Bajaur suicide blast happened which killed over 50 people, including 23 children, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the blast, said the media reports. 

Notably, the bombing targeted an election rally in the nation’s border district of Bajaur on Sunday, leaving almost 2000 injured. 

ISIS takes responsibility for Bajaur suicide blast incident 

“A suicide attacker from the Islamic State [ISIL] … detonated his explosive jacket in the middle of a crowd” in the town of Khar, the armed group’s news arm Amaq said in a statement. 

According to the reports, a bomber detonated an explosives-packed vest near the platform as some 400 members of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) party, which is a government coalition partner led by hardline politician Fazlur Rehman, awaited the start of the speeches.

The gathering was hosted near a market beneath a huge tent, however, Rehman chose not to go there. Earlier, Rehman has escaped at least two explosions that occurred at political rallies in 2011 and 2014, stated reports.

On Monday, the police took testimony from some of the injured admitted at a hospital in Bajaur’s Khar. Speaking on the blast attack, provincial minister of information, Feroz Jamal, stated that police were “investigating this attack in all aspects.”

An FIR on the blast was lodged with the Counter Terrorism Department as the initial investigation, said the police, indicated that the terrorist group ISIS was responsible for the suicide attack.

Details of suicide bomb incident

Taking notes from the incident, the suicide bomber detonated explosives when JUI-F members and supporters gathered in the town of Khar, near the border with Afghanistan. The convention started at 2 pm, and the explosion happened at around 4:10 pm. 

As per Pakistan’s Geo News, KP CTD filed an FIR against unidentified persons on suspicion of terrorism, murder, attempted murder, and other offences. 

Further, the Additional Inspector General for the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Shokat Abbas said that almost 10–12 kg of explosives were used in the blast.

Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the head of the JUI-F, asked that Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister, and Azam Khan, the interim chief minister of KP, t look into this incident.

The United States, Russia and Saudi Arabia have condemned the terror attack and have sent their condolences to the impacted families.

Since last year, when a truce between Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamabad collapsed, attacks by extremists have increased in Pakistan.