Information About Incident 35180-66188-156707 in Bhakkar Pakistan

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A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of people at the house of Rashid Akbar Niwani, a Shia Member of National Assembly from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), in Bhakkar, 260-km southwest of Islamabad in Punjab, killing 25 people and wounding 60 others, including Niwani, reports Daily Times.

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• Meta Location: Pakistan Bhakkar Islamabad Punjab
• Matched District: Bhakkar
• Actgroup: attack
• Actor: A suicide bomber
• Subject: himself

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A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of people at the house of Rashid Akbar Niwani, a Shia Member of National Assembly from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), in Bhakkar, 260-km southwest of Islamabad in Punjab, killing 25 people and wounding 60 others, including Niwani, reports Daily Times. It was a suicide attack, the head of the bomber has been recovered, senior police officer Khadim Hussain told AFP, adding, The bomber walked up to the MP s house and detonated himself in the midst of a crowd of party workers, supporters and relatives. Local hospital chief, Chaudhry Ahsanul Haq, said that Niwani had suffered leg injuries. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Officials said the Niwani might have been targeted because he is Shia and lives in an area where there have been frequent sectarian attacks blamed on al Qaeda and Taliban-linked Sunni groups. Nawani has spoken out in parliament several times recently against growing sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shias. Bhakkar is in an area where sectarian tensions have run high. The attack is the third targeting a politician in the country in less than a week.

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