Pakistan election: 29 killed, 40 injured after 2 terrorist attacks hit Balochistan, a day before polls

Terrorists attacked two campaign offices in Pakistan’s restive western Balochistan province on Wednesday, a day before the country’s general election, killing 29 people and wounding 40 others.

Seventeen people died and 30 were wounded in the first attack, which took place shortly after noon local time when a suicide bomber struck the campaign office of Asfandyar Khan Kakar, a former minister and independent candidate for the provincial assembly constituency of Pishin, a district close to Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan.

The victims included six security personnel who were guarding the premises.

A second bombing in the nearby town of Qila Saifullah about an hour-and-a-half later targeted the campaign office of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), an orthodox Sunni Muslim religious party, claiming 12 more lives and wounding 10 people.