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Police in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said on Monday, July 31, that an initial probe has suggested that the banned terrorist group ISIS is behind the suicide attack. District Police Officer Nazir Khan said three suspects have been taken into custody. Provincial police chief Akhtar Hayat Khan said 10 kilogrammes of explosives set off by a suicide bomber were used in the blast.
Sabeehullah, a 24-year-old JUI-F supporter who had his arm fractured by the blast, said the scale of injuries was horrifying:"There was utter confusion, with human flesh, limbs, and body parts scattered throughout the area, alongside lifeless bodies. I found myself lying next to someone who had lost their limbs. The air was filled with the smell of human flesh,"Former prime minister Imran Khan said he was saddened to learn about the blast and extended condolences to the victims' families:"The rise in terror incidents across Pakistan particularly in KP, calls for an urgent need to reconsider our priorities. The authorities should focus on eliminating terrorism."Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban government in Afghanistan, has condemned the attack. TTP spokesman Khalid Khurrasani also condemned the blast.
'They treat me like a dog': Colombian mercenaries denounce humiliation in UkraineFor insight into the kind of people that make up the ranks of Ukraine's military, see: 'All the real skinheads went to Ukraine': An American Neo-Nazi outlines the crimes of his Ukrainian 'colleagues'
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To defend itself against Russia, Ukraine created a international legion. It is an army that receives men of different nationalities, including Colombians, to fight for the country.
'Ukrainians are worse than Russians'
In the midst of the war, Colombian mercenaries have denounced humiliations. According to a video posted online, a Colombian exploded against a Ukrainian, apparently for throwing a gas at him by not training his men correctly.
According to commentary in the video, the gas is some kind of pepper spray.
"25 dead Colombians for this one to gas me? He treats me like a p... dog. I have a shearing for your country of dam... I fulfilled my orders, trained people and that dog treats me like an animal!" shouted the Colombian.
Due to the heated discussion, other mercenaries joined the claims: "A lot of humiliation, that's why people leave!"
It would not be the only episode they have experienced. A video shows more Colombians complaining about the alleged punishments: "Here you are seeing how the Ukrainian entities, which we have come to help, treat Colombians. Hooded men entered to beat our comrades. Ukrainians are worse than Russians."
According to the footage, several mercenaries would have been beaten. So much so that a Colombian, on the ground, cried and hurled insults at the locals.
Neither the Ukrainian nor the Colombian authorities have ruled on the complaints.
Colombians who have died in Ukraine
In mid-2022, Christian Camilo Márquez, a Colombian who had joined the Ukrainian Army, died.. Alexis Castillo, 24, who was fighting alongside the pro-Russians in Donbas, also lost his life.
On January 24, the Foreign Ministry also reported that two other Colombians who were fighting as volunteers in Ukraine as part of the International Legion died.
The death of Manuel Ferley Barriosfather of four children, met at the end of March 2023. According to what his wife said, the Army pensioner planned to pay off a loan of 80 million pesos that he had acquired to have a home.
"He said that he was going to work for nine months, he would recover the house and come to fix his obligation, but now he is not here, the debt continues and we are worse off," his wife told the local newspaper. The nation.
However, upon reaching Ukrainian territory, the situation was very different from what he thought. According to the conversations he had with his wife, everything was terrible.
In April, Three more Colombians who were part of the international 'Carpathian Sich' battalion were killed in a Russian attack in the Donetsk region.


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