{"id":35846,"date":"2026-05-12T23:45:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/explosion-in-a-market-in-pakistan-nine-dead-and-dozens-injured\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T23:45:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:45:37","slug":"explosion-in-a-market-in-pakistan-nine-dead-and-dozens-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/explosion-in-a-market-in-pakistan-nine-dead-and-dozens-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosion in a market in Pakistan, nine dead and dozens injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778598028468-kaxc9-4c02af71c6906f75a772ba5933a40e25f295dcfbe25e5909b411094d15bc0ff3.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:20px\"><\/p>\n<p>At least nine people were killed and more than 20 others were injured as a result of an explosion on Tuesday in a market in Pakistan&#8217;s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a local administration official told Anadolu.<\/p>\n<p>The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the explosion occurred in the town of Sarai Naurang, Lakki Marwat district.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am currently in hospital. and so far nine bodies have been brought in. At least 22 injured people are receiving medical treatment,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Among the dead are two police officers, the official said, adding that authorities have yet to confirm the nature of the blast.<\/p>\n<p>So far no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Security forces have cordoned off the area and launched an investigation into the blast, while rescue teams have continued to dispatch wounded in nearby hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan&#8217;s northwestern regions have seen an increase in militant attacks in recent years, particularly targeting security forces and civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Islamabad has repeatedly accused the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group of operating from safe havens in neighboring Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Kabul, however, has denied the allegations, saying the group has no presence. on Afghan soil.<\/p>\n<p>We use cookies to improve the experience and to display ads (Google AdSense).<br \/>\n          By clicking &#8220;Accept&#8221;, you agree to the use of cookies according to<br \/>\n          Privacy Policy<br \/>\n          and<br \/>\n          Cookies Policy.<br \/>\n          You can reject non-necessary cookies by clicking &#8220;Reject&#8221;.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:30px 0\">\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666\">Source: <strong>prizrenpost<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least nine people were killed and more than 20 others were injured as a result of an explosion on Tuesday in a market in Pakistan&#8217;s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a local administration official told Anadolu. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the explosion occurred in the town of Sarai Naurang, Lakki [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[666],"class_list":["post-35846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-brief"],"views":7,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35848,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35846\/revisions\/35848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}