At least 20 persons, including Awami National Party (ANP) leader Haroon Bilour, were killed in a suicide blast which targeted an election gathering of ANP in Yakatoot area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the night of July 10, reports, Dawn. The blast took place when Haroon Bilour, who was contesting elections from PK-78 constituency, arrived at the site where the ANP workers had gathered for a corner meeting. Bilour suffered serious injuries and was shifted to the hospital where he succumbed to his wounds. Peshawar Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Qazi Jameel said that more than 30 people were injured in the explosion. Mohammad Khurasani, the spokesperson of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility of the blast. Haroon Bilour was the son of senior ANP leader Bashir Ahmed Bilour who was killed when a TTP suicide bomber blew himself up in a party meeting in Peshawar on December 22, 2012.