PARACHINAR: A bomb targeting a passenger van killed over 10 people i
n Godar, Kurram Agency.
The bomb was a remo
te controlled one and killed over ten people of which one was a woman and on
e, a child said Shahid Ali Khan, the assistant political agent for Kurram Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
The bomb was detonated as soon as passengers were seen coming.
The van was on its way from Godar to Sadda.
Three of t
he injured are in critical condition acco
rding to the doctors Agency Headquarters Hospital.
T
he injured persons were first taken to a hospital in Sadda, but no doctors were present to tend to t
he injured and they were moved to Agency Headquarters Hospital Parachinar.
Some of t
he injured will be transferred to Peshawar in the M-17 aircraft that has reached Parachinar.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the blast.
