just hours before polls open, for the general election tomorrow. at least 27 people have been killed and many more injured. authorities say, they were targeting the election offices in two parts of baloochistan. the people of pakistan will head to the polls, after a campaign marred by violence and claims of poll rigging. these are some of the pictures in so far these from the blast in the pishin district, outside the election office of an independent local candidate. officials told the bbc he was meeting his polling agent at the time. the second explosion went off outside the office of a political party killing at least eight people. the afp news agency quotes a senior police official, saying it happened in the main bazaar. (map the explosions happened within an hour of each other, around a hundred and 50 kilometres apart. here s more from our correspondent saher baloch in pakistan. the latest information i have is that the election commissioner of pakistan has said that
hello, i m matthew amroliwala , welcome to verified live, 3 hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. two bomb explosions have exploded in south west pakistan just hours before polls open, for the general election tomorrow. let me take you through what we know so far. at least 22 people have been killed and many more injured. authorities say, they were targeting the election offices in two parts of baloochistan. the people of pakistan will head to the polls, after a campaign marred by violence and claims of poll rigging. these are some of the pictures in so far these from the blast in the pishin district, outside the election office of an independent local candidate. officials told the bbc he was meeting his polling agent at the time. the second explosion went off outside the office of a political party killing at least eight people. the afp news agency quotes a senior police official, saying it happened in the main bazaar. the explosions happen
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