The Tuesday attacks increased the death toll in the wake of targeting the country’s election candidates to over 100, reports show.

The first attack targeted Mufti Syed Janan, the candidate from Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, in the town of Doaba in northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

The incident, in which a suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated his explosives near a vehicle carrying the candidate, left 12 dead and 35 wounded. The mufti however escaped any injury.

In another attack on the same day, a roadside bomb hit a vehicle carrying Malik Behram Khanm, the candidate from the Jamaat-e-Islami party, in Upper Dir district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The candidate was injured, but his young son lost his life. Two others were also injured during the attack.

Also oin Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a roadside bomb hit a vehicle carrying Zahir Shah, the local leader the Pakistan People’s Party, in the village of Babagam in Lower Dir district. The blast killed Zahir Shah along with two of his guards and two supporters.

Pakistani Taliban spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan claimed responsibility for attacking Zahir Shah but denied any role in the attack targeting Mufti Syed Janan. No one has claimed responsibility for attacking Malik Behram Khanm.

The attacks come as Pakistan is preparing to hold its National Assembly elections on May 11. The National Assembly has a total of 342 members, 272of which are elected by the popular vote. The last National Assembly elections were held in February 2008.

Pakistan will also hold elections for 577 seats of the provincial assemblies on the same day.