PESHAWAR: At least 23 people were killed and over 70 others injured today when a powerful bomb ripped through a second-hand clothes market in a Shia-dominated area in northwest Pakistan’s restive tribal region near the Afghan border, an attack claimed by a sectarian outfit.
The blast occurred in Parachinar in Kurram agency when the market was filled with a large number of people who were buying used and second-hand winter clothes.
Security forces reached the spot and cordoned off the area and evidence was being gathered from the crime scene.
“At least 23 have died and more than 70 were injured,” said Amjad Ali Khan, the political administrator of Kurram.
Sectarian outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al-Alami claimed responsibility for the attack. (AGENCIES)
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