A soldier returns to the staging area after participating in a security operation on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan June 24, 2017. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - A faction of Pakistan-based sectarian militants Lashkar-e-Jhangvi on Saturday claimed responsibility for twin bombs that hit a market in the northwestern town of Parachinar, killing at least 50 people ahead of the holiday marking the end of Ramadan.
LeJ's Al Alami faction said in a statement it was targeting minority Shi'ite Muslims and threatened more attacks over Pakistanis fighting against Sunni militants in Syria's civil war.
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