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Pakistan election rally hit by deadly bomb attack Pakistan election rally hit by deadly bomb attack
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At least eight people are killed and dozens injured after a suspected suicide bomb attack at an election rally in Pakistan, reports say. At least nine people have been killed and dozens injured after a suicide bomb attack in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar.
The explosion happened in the north-west provincial capital of Peshawar, The Awami National Party (ANP), which governed the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, had called the political rally ahead of next month's elections.
The Awami National Party (ANP), which governs the restive Khyber-Pahktunkhwa province, had called the gathering ahead of the 11 May general election. The Pakistani Taliban, which has repeatedly targeted the ANP, said it had carried out the attack.
It was the fourth deadly attack on politicians or political parties in three days ahead of the poll. It is the fourth deadly attack on politicians or parties in three days.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the Pakistani Taliban had previously threatened the ANP. The ANP was one of three parties to dominate Pakistan's last government, which has been dissolved in preparation for the 11 May general election.
The party also governed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a Taliban stronghold.
Local television streamed live images of vehicles burning and people trying to reach the wounded amid clouds of smoke.
Senior ANP leader Ghulam Ahmed Bilour, who served as railways minister in the outgoing government, escaped the blast with minor injuries.