An explosion ripped through a mosque in the police compound in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar, bringing down the roof and killing at least 17, according to the hospital.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — An explosion ripped through a mosque in the police compound in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar, bringing down the roof and killing at least 18, according to the hospital.
Muhammad Asim, a spokesman for the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshar said there were 18 dead and 65 wounded, mostly policemen, but the toll is expected to rise as rescuers work through the mosque debris.Security officials say the blast, which was likely carried out by a suicide bomber, went off during the afternoon prayer in the mosque while there were at least 150 people inside.
The Capital City Police compound in Peshawar is high security zone in this provincial capital near the border with Afghanistan and is close to the courts, provincial assembly, army barracks, governor house and chief minister residence.Past attacks in the northwest region of Pakistan have been carried out by the country’s own Taliban movement which is separate from the group now controlling neighboring Afghanistan.
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