Publish date22 Jan 2017 - 9:04
Story Code : 257743

Over 25 killed in a bomb attack in Pakistan’s Shia area

More than 25 people have been killed and nearly 40 other wounded in a bomb blast which hit vegetable market in a mainly Shia neighborhood in Pakistan.
Over 25 killed in a bomb attack in Pakistan’s Shia area
The blast rocked a crowded vegetable market in Parachinar city, the capital of Kurram tribal district near the Afghan border on Saturday.

"We received 25 bodies of the local tribal people killed in the blast," said Sajid Hussain Turi, a member of the National Assembly from the region. He said there would be a mass funeral and then a demonstration over the attack.

Officials expect the death toll from the attack to rise. Turi said a homemade bomb had been planted in a pile of tomatoes and exploded as people gathered in the market early on Saturday morning.

Pakistan’s army has been deployed to the site and cordoned off the area. The military said helicopters were evacuating the injured.

Taliban militants have been active around Parachinar in the past and targeted Shia Muslims who have been the subject of numerous attacks.

The community accounts for some 20 percent of Pakistan's 200-million population and is mostly based in Balochistan, an area which borders Iran and Afghanistan and has oil and gas resources.

Security has been a main issue for the Shias as thousands of them have been killed as a result of militancy and hate attacks over the past decade.

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