PARACHINAR: Eighteen people were killed and several others were injured when a bomb blast shook the city on Saturday morning.
According to the political administration, the bomb
blast took place at Eidgah market. 18 people were killed while scores of others were
injured in the attack. Security forces have cordoned off the area and an operation is underway to determine and apprehend the culprits involved.
The
injured were shifted to the agency headquarters hospital. An eye witness claimed that at the time of the blast, a large number of people were present at the Sabzi Mandi, which is located inside the Eidgah market.
Geo News' correspondent Ali Fazal Afzal stated that the agency headqurter hospital was **t equipped with the proper facilities to cater to so many people being injured. He revealed that the political administration had its security system in place. Check posts were installed at various locations in the city, as well as its entrance, where vehicles are searched for any explosive material.
According to the ISPR, army helicopters were shifting the
injured to hospitals for medical treatment.
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