Bomb explosion that shook a mosque filled with pilgrims in Peshawar, Pakistanconfirmed caused by suicide bomb. The death toll from the bomb blast increased to 59 people, half of whom were local police personnel.
As reported ReutersTuesday (31/1/2023), Pakistan Police said that a suicide bomber walked past a number of barricades guarded by security personnel to enter the ‘Red Zone’ complex which houses the police headquarters and counterterrorism unit in Peshawar.
“It was a suicide bombing,” Peshawar Police Chief Ijaz Khan told Reuters.
The mosque where the suicide bombing took place is located in a high-security complex and is frequented by police who have offices in the same complex. There were about 400 worshipers who were praying in the mosque when the explosion occurred on Monday (30/1) local time.
About 170 people were reported injured and are now in critical condition at local hospitals.
A local hospital official, Mohammad Asim, said the death toll had risen to 59 after a number of people died from their injuries. Of that number, Asim added, around 27 of the dead were police personnel.
No group or party has yet claimed responsibility for the bomb explosion. The Pakistani Taliban group, also known as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), has denied being behind the bomb blast.
“Tehreek-e-Taliban has nothing to do with this attack,” the TTP said in a statement.
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