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A suicide bomber blew himself up during an election campaign organized by the Awami National Party (ANP) in Peshawar, Pakistan
exploded, killing at least 12 people. 34 people were injured.
Among the dead is Haroon Ahmed Bilour, one of the leaders of
Secular party, said police chief Qazi Jameel. The eminent politician was
Pashtun candidate, left liberal party for parliamentary elections
July 25th.
According to police, the badbadin fired his explosive device when Bilour wanted to make a speech to about 200 supporters. "It was a suicide attack and he returned to Bilour," said policeman Shafqat Malik. Bilour comes from an influential family of politicians from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. Bilour's father, the ANP's politician, Bashir Bilour, was also killed in a suicide bombing in 2012.
A military spokesman pointed to the difficult security situation
Few hours before the attack, a spokesman for the Pakistani army stressed the precarious security situation in the city. approach to elections. Initially, no one confessed to the act. The ANP, which resolutely opposes extremist groups such as the Taliban, has been repeatedly targeted by Islamist extremists.
In Pakistan many different extremist groups are active. Since 2015 is
the number of attacks mainly because of the mbadive military offensives against some
Islamist groups in the country have declined sharply. Nevertheless, the
The Electoral Commission asked the army to vote in about two weeks
protect approximately 370,000 security forces.
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