At least 22 people were martyred and over 30 others injured as a powerful blast rocked Tal Adda area of Parachinar in Kurram Agency on Sunday.
The explosion occurred at Shia neighborhood, the Eidgah market in Parachinar, the capital of Kurram Agency.
Eyewitnesses said they saw at the bodies of martyrs being taken towards an Imambaragah in the area. Locals said more fatalities are expected as dozens are critically injured.
Rescue teams have reached the scene of crime. Meanwhile, security forces have cordoned off the area and a search operation is underway.
“Some of the injured are in critical condition and we are planning to send them to Peshawar and Kohat for better treatment,” Shafiq Hussain, a health worker at the Agency Headquarters Hospital Parachinar told AFP.
Security sources said that the explosion was carried out through a planted device and that two suspects have been taken into custody from the blast site.
Earlier, rescue and emergency teams rushed to the blast site and shifted the dead and wounded to District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ) Parachinar.
The bodies and the injured were shifted to the Agency Headquarters Hospital in Parachinar, where eight out of the 11 dead were identified as Nazar Hussain, Hashmat Hussain, Muhib Hussain, Syed Shaheen Shah, Johar Hussain, Arif Hussain, Ashiq Hussain and Shaukat Ali.
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