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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 nine people have been killed and dozens injured after a suicide bomb attack in the north-western Pakistani city 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 Pakistani Taliban, which has repeatedly targeted the ANP, said it had carried out the attack. | |
It is the fourth deadly attack on politicians or parties in three days. | |
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. |