Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa in Peshawar Sunday attended funeral prayers of 11 Martyrs of Swat blast injuring at least 13 at an army camp in Swat Valley on Saturday.
According to a press release, Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, Commander Peshawar Corps and other senior civil and military officials were also present.
Later, the COAS visited CMH Peshawar to meet injured of the incident.
The attack was claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban, also known as the Pakistani Taliban, in a statement sent to the media.
“God willing Tehreek-e-Taliban has started the process of revenge attacks,” Taliban spokesman Mohammad Khurasani said in the statement. “Wait for more (attacks) to follow.”
Violence in Pakistan has declined in recent years following a series of military offensives along the northwestern border with Afghanistan, but militant groups are still able to carry out bloody attacks.