The police chief in the Pakistani city of Peshawar said today, Monday, that the suicide attack in a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar resulted in 61 dead and more than 140 wounded.
cordon off the area
While the Al-Arabiya correspondent reported that the security forces cordoned off the area, explaining that the explosion was caused by a suicide attack.
Earlier, an official at Peshawar Hospital reported the arrival of dozens of wounded, including a number of critical cases, following the mosque bombing.
An explosion occurred in a mosque that was hosting a large number of worshipers in the northwestern city of Peshawar, according to a senior official told Archyde.com.
Part of the mosque collapsed
“Part of the building collapsed and many are believed to be under the rubble,” said the official, Sikandar Khan.
In addition, no one has claimed responsibility for the bombing, which took place in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which borders Afghanistan.
Suspicions hover in such attacks regarding the “Pakistani Taliban”, which has claimed responsibility for similar bombings in the past.
The movement is separate from, but allied with, the Afghan Taliban.
