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-Khorasan (IS-K) group on Monday grabbed credit for the suicide kaboom at a JUI-F political gathering, as the toll from the tragedy rose to 54, including 23 minors.
According to Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Additional Inspector General Shaukat Abbas, at least 83 people were hurt in the attack, while Dr Naseeb Gul of Khar DHQ hospital feared that the toll might rise further, since some of the injured were still in very critical condition.
The AIG told Dawn: "We have collected the evidence, identified the group and we are waiting for the forensic report."
According to APP, AIG Abbas told news hounds the convention began at 2pm on Sunday and the earth-shattering kaboom occurred two hours later.
He said statements of the injured had been recorded while the process of geo-fencing at the site of the earth-shattering kaboom has been completed.
The CTD also registered an FIR against unidentified suspects over Sunday’s suicide kaboom, which includes charges of terrorism, murder and attempted murder.
In a statement issued on Monday, District Police Officer (DPO) Nazeer Khan said that as per the investigation, up to 12kg of explosives was used in the attack.
Amaq, the propaganda arm of IS-K — which has also grabbed credit for earlier attacks on the JUI-F — said on Monday that a suicide kaboomer detonated his explosive jacket in the middle of a crowd in Khar.
Sources in the Khar DHQ hospital told Dawn that at least 16 children between the ages of 12 and 15, were among the dead and maimed.
At least 36 of those who perished on Sunday were laid to rest in their native villages after funeral prayers in the Nawagai, Mamond, Sadiqabad, Inayat Kallay, Khar, Shinkoot, Shandi and Alzai localities, which were attended by hundreds of people from all walks of life.
JUI-F’s Khar emir Ziaullah, his information secretary Mujahid Khan and his 22-year old son were among those laid to rest on Sunday night.
Among those buried on Monday was a pair of cousins aged 16 and 17.
Last year, IS-K said it was behind attacks against religious scholars affiliated with JUI-F, which has a network of mosques and schools. In June, it said they were behind the liquidation of a party official in the village of Inayat Killi, according to BBC News.
The group accuses the JUI-F of hypocrisy for being a religious party while supporting secular governments and the military.
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