Bomb attack on a vegetable market in Pakistan: 20 dead – NOS

In the northwest of Pakistan, a bomb exploded at a market. According to the authorities are about twenty people to the life and there are dozens of wounded.

The bomb went off at a market in the town of Parachinar, where vegetables and fruits were sold. It is still unclear exactly what happened. Initially there were reports that it was a suicide attack, but there is also reported that the bomb was placed in a batch of tomatoes.

The responsibility for the attack claimed by the banned sunni movement Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. The group, which in several countries

as a terrorist to book, just did that in a message to the news agency AP.

In the area around Parachinar, that Afghanistan borders, are a lot of extremists are active. Often the sunni terrorists that have provided on the shiite minority in the area.