QUETTA:

The Khorasan chapter of the ultra-extremist Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's suicide bombing at a political rally in a provincial capital that officials said killed 17 people and injured many more. The Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) made the claim through its propaganda arm.

The suicide bomber detonated the charge during the rally of Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) at Quetta's Shahwani Stadium. The case was registered at Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station on Wednesday. Police sources confirmed that charges of murder, attempted murder, terrorism, use of explosives, and other serious offenses have been invoked in the FIR.

This was the second attack targeting BNP chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal. The first assassination attempt was made

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