Mosque blast in Peshawar kills 32, injured 145
The management of Lady Reading Hospital has appealed to the citizens to donate blood.
Peshawar ( UAE Updates – Arshad Butt )
A suicide blast has taken place in a mosque located in the police lines of Peshawar. At least 32 people, including police personnel, have been martyred, while more than 145 people have been injured.
According to the police, the noon prayer was being offered in the mosque of Police Lines. A suicide bomber who was in the first row blew himself up. The sound of the explosion was heard far away.
The 2-storied building of the police line mosque collapsed due to the suicide blast. Many people are still buried under the debris. The Imam of the mosque Sahibzada Nurul Amin was also martyred in the blast.
The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has accepted the responsibility of this suicide blast. Law enforcement officials have cordoned off the area.
Rescue personnel are engaged in relief activities, evacuating the injured from the mosque. According to rescue sources, the injured are being shifted to Lady Reading Hospital.
According to hospital sources, the condition of 30 injured in the suicide blast is critical. The management of Lady Reading Hospital has appealed to the citizens to donate blood.
According to police sources, SP Noor Zaman has been injured in the blast and has been shifted to CMH.