Pakistan officials have said the death toll in a suicide bombing at a political rally held by a religious party has risen to 45 on Monday. An official at a state-run rescue agency, Bilal Faizi, said the death toll had risen to 45. A police counter-terrorism wing investigating the blast suspected the Islamic State group was behind it, police said in a statement. Pakistan has seen a resurgence of attacks by Islamist militants since last year when a ceasefire between the Pakistani Taliban, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and the government broke down. A mosque bombing in Peshawar city in the northwest killed more than 100 people in January but attacks on political parties are rare.

Source: Nigerian Tribune July 31, 2023 16:52 UTC