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At slightest 5 radical were killed, and 10 were injured successful a termination blast during wedding celebrations astatine the residence of a bid committee subordinate successful Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province connected Friday (January 24, 2026 ) night.
District Police Officer Dera Ismail Khan district, Sajjad Ahmed Sahibzada, confirmed that it was a termination bombing that occurred during a wedding solemnisation astatine the residence of the bid committee main Noor Alam Mehsud adjacent Qureshi morr.
The guests were reportedly dancing erstwhile the onslaught happened. The blast caused the room’s extortion to collapse, hampering rescue operations and making it hard to scope those trapped nether the debris.
An exigency had been declared astatine the District Headquarter Hospital. In a statement, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Rescue 1122 spokesperson Bilal Ahmed Faizi said 5 bodies and 10 injured had been taken to the hospital.
He said that 7 ambulances, a occurrence conveyance and a catastrophe conveyance reached the tract of the incidental soon aft it was reported, adding that a rescue cognition was underway.
Authorities cordoned disconnected the country and launched an probe into the incident. Initial reports said bid committee person Waheedullah Mehsud, alias Jigri Mehsud, was among the dead.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi powerfully condemned the blast and sought a study from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa inspector wide of police. He said that those liable would beryllium brought to justice.
Earlier this month, equipped assailants had killed 4 members of a bid committee successful Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district.
In November 2025, 7 radical were killed erstwhile a bid committee bureau was attacked, besides successful Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district. Police officials said that among those killed was a ‘good Talib’, a word utilized to notation to a erstwhile militant who has surrendered to the State, and the remainder were his relatives.
