Death toll rises to 39 from blast at Pakistan political gathering: officials

At least 39 people were killed and dozens more wounded Sunday by a bomb blast at a political gathering of a radical Islamic party in northwest Pakistan, officials said.

“I can confirm that in the hospital we have 39 dead bodies, with 123 wounded that includes 17 patients in a serious condition,” Riaz Anwar, the health  minister for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, told AFP. Provincial governor Haji Ghulam Ali confirmed the death toll to AFP. (BSS/AFP)