Near the border with afghanistan. Our pakistan correspondent, Caroline Davies has the latest, from the capital, islamabad. A Sunday Afternoon Political Rally by one of pakistans 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 injured people around, l all dead 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 isnt 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 qui
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 inured 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 isnt 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. Police have said that they have struggled to identify all of the dead. Among those named is a local political leader. Pakistans Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the attack. There has been an i
Our pakistan correspondent, Caroline Davies has the latest, from the capital, islamabad. A Sunday Afternoon Political Rally by one of pakistans biggest religious parties. Hundreds crowded in, covered from the Afternoon Sun by a marquee, waving flags and chanting. Then the speaker was interrupted by the explosion. Some people were stretchered out, soaked in blood. Others were simply 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. Police have said they have struggled to identify all of the dead. Among those named is a local political leader. There has been an increase in Violent Attacks in pakistan, particularly in kp province. Police have said that they have discovered evidence suggesting that the explosion might have been a suicide bomber, but have not yet confirmed it. If this was an attack, it
Its been verified by police in pakistan. It shows the build up to that blast which killed 35 people. Weve paused the video before the moment of the explosion. The tribal area of bajaur is near pakistans border with afghanistan. Its not immediately clear what caused the explosion, though Police Suspect it was a suicide bomber. No organisation has admitted carrying out the attack. With more on this, lets cross to the newsroom and our south asia editor, Anbarasan Ethirajan. It broke in the last few hours. What more can you tell us about the explosion and about the motive of the attack . About the explosion as about the explosion you have seen in the footage showed as you have seen in the footage we showed a short while ago, hundreds of people had gathered from the party called thejui, they had a meeting in a town very close to the border with afghanistan and suddenly, you see this ball of fire. And now police are saying that they have evidence to suggest it was a suicide attack. It is not
World. Im rosemary church. Just ahead on cnn news room, a legal case involving former President Donald Trump is once again headed to court in the coming hours. We will look at which mara lago employee is caught up in it. And how donald trump is reportedly paying for his mounting legal costs. The hottest month on record is finally comeing to a close. We will look at where there is relief in sight from the blistering temperatures baking much of the United States. And dozens were killed and many more wounded after a suspected Suicide Bombing in pakistan. Well go live for the latest. Live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. Good to have you with us, well, the coming hours, well see a little known employee of Donald Trump In Federal Court as part of the criminal case against the former president and republican candidate for his alleged mishandling of classified documents. Carlos deolivere is a Property Manager at maralago accused of making false statements with the f