Up to 10 kg of explosives used in Bajaur suicide blast: IGP
Pakistan
IGP said that ball bearings and other explosive materials were found from the sites of explosion.
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) - Inspector General of Police (IGP) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Akhtar Hayat Khan on Sunday night said that Bajaur blast was a suicide attack and up to 10 kg explosives were used in the subversive act.
Talking to the media in Peshawar, IGP said that ball bearings and other explosive materials were found from the sites of the explosion.
He said the investigation was underway and all facilitators and culprits involved in the incident would soon be arrested.
At least 43 people were killed and 80 others suffered injuries on Sunday in a suicide blast targeting the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) workers' convention in Bajaur’s Khar area.
JUI-F Khar tehsil chief Maulana Ziaullah Jan was also killed in the attack. Bajaur District Health Officer Faisal Kamal said that more than 80 injured had been brought to Bajaur District Headquarters Hospital, while those in critical condition were being shifted to Peshawar's Lady Reading Hospital (LRH).
He said hospitals across Bajaur and neighbouring areas had been put on high alert. “We are trying to move critical patients to Peshawar and other hospitals through helicopters.”
KP Governor Haji Ghulam Ali said two army helicopter had been sent to Bajaur for the transfer of injured people. So far 12 seriously injured individuals have been airlifted to Peshawar in two army helicopters.
MNA Jamaluddin and former senator Abdur Rasheed were also present at the JUI-F workers' convention when the blast occurred.
JUI-F provincial spokesperson Jalil Jan confirmed that Jamaluddin remained unhurt in the blast.
