TIMERGARAH: The death toll in a blast that ripped through the rally of Awami National Party (ANP) in Timergarah rose to 25, Geo News quoted a doctor saying Monday.
The blast occurred at ANP’S public rally in Timergarah Tehsil of Lower Dir; the rally was being taken out as thanksgiving, as the name of the province was changed to Khyber Pakhtoonkhaw.
The Party kept secret its program to celebrate over the new name of the province.
The MS of District Hospital Timergarah Doctor Wakil said at least 25 bodies and over 100 injured were brought to the hospital.
The blast was so powerful that the nearby buildings shook and their windowpanes broke down.
The injured were shifted to the nearby hospitals. The local people initially started relief work on self-help basis.
The security personnel soon arrived on the spot and cordoned off the affected area.
The rally was passing near a police check post and a passport office in the main bazaar, when the blast occurred.
According to DIG Qazi Jameel, the blast occurred near a guesthouse.
Emergency has been declared in all hospitals in the area.
The injured include the borher of the ANP leader Haji Adeel.
Source: http://www.geo.tv/Pakistan.htm
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