ANP candidate among 20 dead as terrorists target corner meeting

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At least 20 people, including Awami National Party (ANP) leader Haroon Bilour, were killed in a suspected suicide blast that targeted an election gathering of ANP in Peshawar on Tuesday night.

The blast took place when Bilour, who was contesting elections from PK-78 constituency, arrived at the site where ANP workers had gathered for a corner meeting. He suffered serious injuries and was shifted to the hospital where he succumbed to his wounds.

Bilour was the son of senior ANP leader Bashir Ahmed Bilour who himself was killed in 2012 when a Pakistani Taliban had bomber blown himself up in a party meeting in Peshawar.

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