hello. i m carl nasman. thanks forjoining us. we start in pakistan, where at least 44 people have been killed in what police suspect was a suicide bomb attack at a politcal rally in the north west of the country. more than 100 people were also injured in the blast which happened in pakistan s bajaur district close to the border with afghanistan. here s our correspondent, caroline davis. a sunday afternoon political rally by one of pakistan s biggest religious parties, jamiat ulema e islam. hundreds crowded in, flags, chanting, then the explosion. emraan was one of the rally s organisers on stage at the time it happened. his ears are still ringing from the blast. what do you remember after the explosion? translation: it was all in ured people around, all dead h bodies and flesh.
jamiat ulema e islam. hundreds crowded in, flags, chanting, then the explosion. emraan was one of the rally s organisers on stage at the time it happened. his ears are still ringing from the blast. what do you remember after the explosion? translation: it was all in ured people around, all dead h bodies and flesh. it was like doomsday. local people tried to help. there were not enough ambulances so people were taking their own cars. he says several people around him died. he isn t sure why he survived. these pictures show some of the chaos. stretchered or carried by any hands that could offer help. the district hospital declared a health emergency and a call was put out for blood donations. as the wards filled up, some were taken by helicopter to nearby peshawar. the death toll rose quickly.