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Death Toll From Blast in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Rises to 40 - Reports

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - he death toll from a blast at a convention of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) party in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has increased to 40, a Pakistani broadcaster reported on Sunday.
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Earlier in the day, media reported about 35 dead and over 200 injured. The explosion occurred at around 4:00 p.m. local time (11:00 GMT) in the Khar Bajaur Tehsil area of the province, the newspaper reported.
JUI-F leader Hafiz Hamdullah reportedly condemned the blast, noting that he missed the convention due to some personal commitments. Hamdullah also called the incident an act of "terrorism," adding that the blast was a deliberate attack on humanity.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari called on the federal and provincial governments to bring the patrons of terrorists to justice, specifying that terrorists should be eliminated.
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