At least 25 people have been killed and 120 injured in a suicide bomb attack on a mosque during afternoon prayers in Pakistan on Monday. The bomber detonated his suicide vest as some 150 worshipers - including many policemen from nearby police offices - were praying inside the mosque in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan. The impact of the explosion collapsed the roof of the mosque, which caved in and injured many, according to Zafar Khan, a local police officer.
The bomber detonated his suicide vest as some 150 worshipers - including many policemen from nearby police offices - were praying inside the mosque in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan.
The bomber detonated his suicide vest as some 150 worshipers - including many policemen from nearby police offices - were praying inside the mosque in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing, said Saddique Khan, a senior police official in Peshawar who gave the latest casualty tolls, according to Daily Mail.A survivor, 38-year-old police officer Meena Gul, said he was inside the mosque when the bomb went off but could not say how he survived unhurt.Efforts by rescuers to remove mounds of debris from the mosque grounds and get to worshippers still trapped under the rubble were ongoing, police said.
Peshawar is the capital of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan and has been the scene of frequent militant attacks.
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