{"id":12537,"date":"2024-07-04T12:53:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T11:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=12537"},"modified":"2025-10-18T08:35:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T07:35:38","slug":"pakistan-bombing-kills-five-including-former-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/analysis\/defense\/terrorism\/pakistan-bombing-kills-five-including-former-senator\/2024\/07\/04\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan bombing kills five including former senator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\"><span class=\"dropcap-element-slot\">P<\/span>ESHAWAR, Pakistan, July 4 \/Reuters\/ -A bomb blast killed five people including a former senator in northern Pakistan on Wednesday, police said.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">The senator, Hidayatullah, was campaigning in the run-up to an election in Bajur tribal district along the Afghan border when his vehicle was hit by a remote controlled bomb, said police official Bakht Munir.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">It was an improvised explosive device, said another government official, Anwarul Haq.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenews.com.pk\/assets\/uploads\/updates\/2024-07-03\/1205997_1299858_bajaur-bomb-blast-1_updates.jpg\" alt=\"This picture shows the destroyed vehicle of former senator Hidayat Ullah after a bomb explosion on July 3, 2024. \u2014 Reporter\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This image depicts the wreckage of former Senator Hidayat Ullah&#8217;s vehicle following a bomb explosion on July 3, 2024. \u2014 Image credit: The News International<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">The Pakistani Taliban, or Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which is an umbrella group of Islamist and sectarian militants, denied involvement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-read-break\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">Bajur is one of several tribal districts on the border with Afghanistan, a lawless region which has long been a safe haven for Islamist militants who operate on both sides of the border.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the attack, said a statement from his office.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PESHAWAR, Pakistan, July 4 \/Reuters\/ -A bomb blast killed five people including a former senator in northern Pakistan on Wednesday, police said. The senator, Hidayatullah, was campaigning in the run-up to an election in Bajur tribal district along the Afghan border when his vehicle was hit by a remote controlled bomb, said police official Bakht [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[252,2406,9925],"tags":[56,931,3561,6849,8814,8815,8816,8817,8818],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Blast_Pak.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12537"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12539,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12537\/revisions\/12539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}