Five killed, including peace committee head, in suicide attack at wedding in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Five people, including the head of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s peace committee, were killed after a suicide bomber struck a wedding gathering in northwestern Pakistan on Friday.
A suicide attacker struck during a wedding celebration at the home of a peace committee member in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing five people and injuring 10 others, Pakistani media said.
The attack occurred on Friday night, January 23, in the Qureshi Mor area of Dera Ismail Khan district, where guests were attending the ceremony inside a private house.
Witnesses said attendees were dancing when the explosion ripped through the venue, causing the roof of the house to collapse and trapping several people under debris.
The region has seen repeated attacks targeting local peace committees, which are formed to counter militancy and support security forces in volatile districts.
Reports said Wahidullah Mehsud, head of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa peace committee, was among those killed in the blast.
The attack comes months after a similar assault in November on a peace committee office that killed seven people, underscoring persistent security challenges in the area.
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