At least 13 people – among them seven policemen – were killed in a suicide car bombing outside the office of Balochistan’s police chief Ehsan Mehboob's office on morning of 23rd June.
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), a splinter group of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, claimed it was behind the deadly bombing, while the Islamic State terrorist group, also known by its Arabic acronym Da’ish, said one of its followers had carried out the carnage.
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar ("Assembly of the Free") is a terrorist organization that split away from the violent TTP in August 2014. Although some media outlets reported that the group had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), it had merely voiced support for the group. In March 2015, the group's spokesman announced that it was rejoining the Pakistani Taliban.
Other blasts on same day: Parchinar and Karachi
Hours later, two back-to-back blasts tore through a market crowded with the people shopping for Eid in the Shia-dominated Parachinar city in the Kurram tribal region, killing at least 45 people, mostly Shias, and injuring 75 others.
The first blast occurred during rush hour in Turi Market, where a bus terminal is also located. The second blast took place as rescuers and bystanders rushed to aid those who had been hurt in the first explosion.
At least 45 people have been killed and 75 others injured in Parachinar, an official from the Parachinar administration told PTI.
Separately in Karachi, unidentified gunmen opened fire on four policemen whilst they were observing iftar in the evening at a roadside restaurant in SITE, killing them on the spot.