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Bomb kills at least 128 at Pakistan election rally

A suicide bomber has killed 128 people at an election rally in southwestern Pakistan

It was one of the deadliest individual attacks in the country's history.


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It was one of the deadliest individual attacks in the country's history.


A suicide blast ripped through a crowd at a political rally in southwest Pakistan Friday killing 128 people and wounding 150, officials told AFP, in one of the deadliest attacks in the country's history.

The blast in the town of Mastung, near the Balochistan provincial capital Quetta, was the latest in a string of attacks that have spurred fears of violence ahead of nationwide polls on July 25, and underscored the fragility of Pakistan's dramatic gains in security.


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