Many dead in Pakistan blast
Suicide attack targeting an election candidate leaves up to 37 dead in tribal area.
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Two civilian passers-by were killed and eight security personnel wounded, two of them seriously, Major-General Athar Abbas, the Pakistan army’s spokesman, said.
Elsewhere on Saturday, officials said they had foiled an attack planned for polling day.
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Supporters of Hussain were going into his office after a rally when the bomber launched the attack, witnesses said.
He said: “The motive of the blast may or may not be linked with the election.
“But the high death toll does point to a planned attack amid the election campaign.”
The blast comes as politicians in Pakistan launched a final push for votes before the midnight (1900 GMT) deadline after which all rallies are banned.