Pakistan: 20 killed, 63 injured in suicide blast

ISLAMABAD (Xinhua) – Death toll of the suicide blast that hit a public rally in Pakistan’s northwest provincial capital of Peshawar on Tuesday night has risen to 20. Zulfiqar Ali Baba Khel, the spokesperson of the Lady Ready Hospital of Peshawar, said that the death toll rose after six seriously injured persons succumbed to their injuries during treatment. The suicide bomber exploded his explosives-laden vest as he got near the place where party workers were celebrating his arrival with fireworks.