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Also, the party's candidate for the July 25 legislative elections was among the fatalities. The Islamic State (IS) and Lashkar-e Jangvi terrorist organizations are active in the region. At least 40 people were injured
Third attack in a few days
This morning, at least five people died in the northern city of Bannu when, during the speech of the former Prime Minister Minister Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Akram Durrani, a bomb exploded. Durrani, MMA candidate, alliance of Islamist parties, was not hurt. A doctor at the city clinic reported about 30 wounded, some of whom are in critical condition.
It was already the third attack against activists in a few days. It is only Tuesday that the badbadination of the Pakistani Taliban exploded and killed at least 20 people in an event in the city of Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan
On July 25, more than 100 Millions of Pakistani voters will vote for a new National Assembly and provincial parliaments. As a precautionary measure, the electoral commission had asked the military to protect the elections with approximately 370,000 members of the security forces. Since 2015, the number of attacks in Pakistan has dropped sharply, mainly because of mbadive military offensives against some Islamist groups.
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