Public anger amongst ethnic Pashtuns ran high, as almost all the dead and most of the wounded were from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and were mostly members of the National Awami Party. The enraged party workers and followers wanted to parade the dead bodies on the streets in Peshawar and other cities of the province, and provoke a full scale confrontation.
The public outrage among ethnic Pashtuns was intense, with most of the casualties coming from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and mostly members of the National Awami Party. The enraged party supporters demanded to parade the dead bodies through the streets of Peshawar and other cities in the province to provoke a violent confrontation.