ISLAMABAD, May 10 (Bernama) -- At least three people were killed and 10 others injured in a bomb blast Friday in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region of North Waziristan, Xinhua news agency quoted local media reports.
The Urdu TV channel Dawn News said the blast took place near an election office of a political party in Mirnanshah, a main town of North Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
The blast destroyed the election office and damaged a few shops nearby.
All the victims were sitting in the election office while preparing for their candidate's campaign for the upcoming general elections this Saturday.
The victims have been taken to the Agency Headquarter Hospital where two people remain in critical condition.
Security officials said the bomb was planted in a motorcycle parked near the office and was detonated with a remote-controlled device.
No group or militant organisation has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Since the general elections date was announced, over two dozen political gatherings, rallies and offices of political parties have been attacked by militants, who have killed 110 people and left over 300 injured.
The majority of the attacks were claimed by the banned militant outfit Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) but many other militant groups in the southwestern province of Balochistan had also targeted political parties and independent candidates to sabotage the elections.
The Urdu TV channel Dawn News said the blast took place near an election office of a political party in Mirnanshah, a main town of North Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
The blast destroyed the election office and damaged a few shops nearby.
All the victims were sitting in the election office while preparing for their candidate's campaign for the upcoming general elections this Saturday.
The victims have been taken to the Agency Headquarter Hospital where two people remain in critical condition.
Security officials said the bomb was planted in a motorcycle parked near the office and was detonated with a remote-controlled device.
No group or militant organisation has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Since the general elections date was announced, over two dozen political gatherings, rallies and offices of political parties have been attacked by militants, who have killed 110 people and left over 300 injured.
The majority of the attacks were claimed by the banned militant outfit Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) but many other militant groups in the southwestern province of Balochistan had also targeted political parties and independent candidates to sabotage the elections.
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