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Sectarian terror revisits Parachinar

By Our Correspondent | 12/14/2015 12:00:00 AM

PAAC!"#A: At $east 25 peop$e %ere &i$$ed and '2 in(ured on Sunday %hen a device

containin) a*out +5 &i$o)ra,s o- e.p$osives ripped throu)h a ,a&eshi-t ,ar&et in Parachinarto%n o- urra, tri*a$ re)ion residents and hospita$ sources said

O--icia$s said that the device $

A hu)e pa$$ o- *$ac& s,o&e and dust enve$oped the entire area a-ter the *$ast Accordin) to

%itnesses pieces o- hu,an -$esh $ay scattered every%here

"srar !ussain head o- the *o,* disposa$suadto$d reporters that+5 to40 &i$o)ra,s o- e.p$osives

had *een used in the device

"n a rather unusua$ deve$op,ent t%o ,i$itant )roups c$ai,ed responsi*i$ity -or the attac& %ithone o- the, sayin) the tar)et %as the Shia co,,unity

3he )roups identi-ied the,se$ves as ash$

A state,ent re$eased to a -orei)n ,edia channe$ and attri*uted to the spo&es,an -or the han)vi)roup A$i *in Su-ian said the attac& had *een carried out a)ainst the Shia e$e,ents %ho %ere

supportin) Syrian President Bashar a$6Assad and the "ranian )overn,ent 78e %arn parents

that i- they don7t stop their chi$dren -ro, on)oin) 9sic con-$ict in Syria they shou$d re,ain prepared -or ,ore such attac&s7 Su-ian said

O--icia$s con-ir,ed 1; deaths *ut they said they -eared the death to$$ cou$d rise *ecause ,any o- the %ounded%ere in critica$ condition One o- the o--icia$s said that '2 %ounded had *een

*rou)ht to the a)ency headuarters hospita$ in the to%n

"n a state,ent issued in Pesha%ar the "SP said that 2+ serious$y %ounded peop$e had *eenair$i-ted *y t%o he$icopters

escue 1122 said that 1< o- the in(ured had *een shi-ted to CM! Pesha%ar

A -a,i$y -ro, =eran >i$$a)e near Parachinar $ost -our ,e,*ers the -ather and three sons 3hey

%ere in the ,ar&et %hen the *$ast occurred

Severa$ peop$e died on the spot and ,any others %ere dec$ared dead on their arriva$ at the

hospita$

Security -orces cordoned o-- the area a-ter the e.p$osion %hich a$so da,a)ed a nu,*er o-

vehic$es

Parachinar %ith a popu$ation o- ,ore than 50000 has *een under strict security arran)e,ents -or



uite so,e ti,e

Personne$ o- ar,y and para,i$itary evies have set up chec&points on a$$ routes $eadin) to the

to%n and visitors and vehic$es )o throu)h e.tensive search and identi-ication process

?espite that terrorists ,ana)ed to carry a heavy e.p$osive device to the ,ar&et

@$ders dec$ared three days o- ,ournin) -or those %ho $ost their $ives Po$itica$ A)ent A,(ad A$i

han announced a co,pensation o- s+00000 -or the heirs o- each dead and s100000 -oreach %ounded

hy*er Pa&htun&h%a overnor Sardar Mahta* Ah,ad han A%a,i #ationa$ Party presidentAs-andyar 8a$i han and Spea&er P Asse,*$y Asad aisar conde,ned the act o- terroris,

and e.pressed so$idarity %ith the a--ected -a,i$ies

Sardar Mahta* directed the po$itica$ ad,inistration o- urra, and the o--icia$s concerned in

Pesha%ar to provide adeuate treat,ent to the in(ured !e a$so as&ed the po$itica$ ad,inistrationto investi)ate the incident and ta&e ,ore e--ective steps to avert such incidents in -uturethe Ask a Mexican! column `That is what they are, whether they`re undocumentedor not.

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