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EXPLAINED: Pakistan holds funerals as death toll from rally bombing rises to 54 | Rare Historical Photos

People offer funeral prayers to the victims of a bomb blast in the Bajaur district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province [Abdul Majeed/AFP]

The death toll from a suicide bombing that targeted an election rally in the border district of Bajaur, Pakistan, has risen to 54 as funerals are held and the government promises to hunt down those behind the attack.

Nearly 200 people were wounded in Sunday’s bombing, which the ISIL (ISIS) armed group claimed responsibility for on Monday.

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