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At least 25 worshipers are killed and 120 injured when a suicide bombing collapses the roof of a mosque during evening prayers in Pakistan
- The attacker detonated his suicide vest while some 150 faithful prayed
- The impact of the explosion collapsed the roof of the collapsing mosque.
At least 25 people have been killed and 120 injured in a suicide bomb attack on a mosque in Pakistan.
The attacker detonated his suicide vest as some 150 worshipers, including many police officers from nearby police offices, prayed inside the mosque in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan.
The impact of the blast collapsed the roof of the mosque, which collapsed and injured many, according to Zafar Khan, a local police officer.
One survivor, police officer Meena Gul, 38, said he was inside the mosque when the bomb went off.
Suicide Bomb Attack Collapses Roof, Kills Worshipers Like Mosque in Pakistan
At least 25 people died and 120 were injured
Khan said several of the injured were in critical condition at a hospital and it was feared the death toll would rise.
He said he doesn’t know how he survived unharmed. He could hear screaming and screaming after the bomb went off, Gul said.
Rescuers scrambled to try to clear piles of rubble from the mosque grounds and reach worshipers still trapped under the rubble, police said.
The attacker detonated his suicide vest as some 150 worshipers, including many police officers from nearby police offices, prayed inside.
The impact of the blast collapsed the roof of the mosque, which collapsed and injured many, according to Zafar Khan, a local police office.
Khan said several of the injured were in critical condition at a hospital and it was feared the death toll would rise.
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif in a statement condemned the attack and ordered the authorities to ensure the best possible medical treatment for the victims.
He also promised “severe action” against those behind the attack.
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan also condemned the attack, calling it a “terrorist suicide attack” in an online tweet.
The former prime minister wrote: ‘My prayers and condolences go out to the families of the victims.
“It is imperative that we improve our intelligence collection and properly equip our police forces to combat the growing threat of terrorism.”
Peshawar is the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan, and has been the scene of frequent militant attacks.
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif in a statement condemned the bombing and ordered the authorities to ensure the best possible medical treatment for the victims.
Peshawar is the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan, and has been the scene of frequent militant attacks.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, said Saddique Khan, a senior police official in Peshawar who gave the latest casualty figures, but the Pakistani Taliban was blamed for similar suicide attacks in the past.
The Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP, are a separate group but also a close ally of the Afghan Taliban, who seized power in neighboring Afghanistan in August 2021 when US and NATO troops were in the final stages. of his withdrawal from the country after 20 years of war.
The TTP has waged an insurgency in Pakistan for the past 15 years, fighting for stricter enforcement of Islamic laws in the country, the release of its members from government custody and a reduction in the Pakistani military presence in the former tribal regions of the country.