At least two persons were killed and eight other injured when an election rally of an independent candidate came under rocket attack at Wana Bazaar of South Waziristan on Friday morning.
The rally was a part of the election campaign by Naseer Ahmed, who , along with 50 other candidates, will contest elections from the constituency of NA-41 Tribal area – VI South Waziristan.
According to details, four rockets were fired from the nearby mountains, two of which landed in the area where the rally was held and two in the markets nearby.
The officials said that eight injured have been admitted in the Agency Headquarter Hospital at Wana. One of them later succumbed to injuries.
The official said that conditions of several injured is in danger and on such grounds, they apprehended increase in number of casualties. So far no one claimed responsibility for attacking the election rally but official believe involvement of Taliban militants in this attack.
Earlier, the Mullah Nazir group of Taliban had assured aspiring candidates that the insurgents would not interfere with the election process in the South Waziristan tribal region.
Although he had assured that his group would not interfere in the voting process, he attached some stringent conditions for trouble-free balloting in the constituency.
One of the conditions was that the candidates would have to stage public rallies in an open place outside Rustam Bazaar, the main market in the area.
