Daily Times reports that a car bomb ripped through parking area of Bazaar Zakhakhel in Landikotal town of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on June 16, killing 25 people and injuring more than 65, officials said. “The death toll is 25,” local administration chief Mutahir Zeb said. Zeb said there were 18 bodies at the Landikotal hospital while seven victims died while being taken for treatment in Peshawar. The dead included three children aged nine, 10 and 12, he added. “More than 20 wounded victims were rushed to Peshawar in critical condition,” a doctor told Daily Times, adding that the death toll might rise. The explosion also destroyed 12 shops and many vehicles. |
