{"id":36018,"date":"2023-01-30T20:23:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T19:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osazuwaakonedo.news\/?p=36018"},"modified":"2023-01-30T20:24:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T19:24:07","slug":"suicide-bomber-kills-60-injures-150-in-peshawar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osazuwaakonedo.news\/suicide-bomber-kills-60-injures-150-in-peshawar\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicide Bomber Kills 60, Injures 150 In Peshawar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Not less than 60 persons were killed on Monday when a suicide bomber detonated bomb inside mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 300 and 400 estimated persons mostly policemen were praying inside the mosque when the bomb blast occured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mosque is within the tightly-guarded police headquarters area and is in one of the most tightly controlled areas of the city, which included the police headquarters, intelligence and counter-terrorism bureaus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reports indicated that a bomber had blown himself up in the mosque on Monday, killing over 60 persons and leaving 150 people injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said “terrorists want to create fear by targeting those who perform the duty of defending Pakistan”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peshawar police chief Muhammad Ijaz Khan told local media that between 300 and 400 police officials were in the area at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A hospital spokesman reportedly told BBC that 157 people were injured in the bomb attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Videos and photographs from the scenes after the blast showed people coming out of the rubble on their own and looking for rescue services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) spokesperson, Mohammad Asim reportedly confirmed some number of casualties, adding that a number of injured persons were in critical condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peshawar Commissioner Riaz Mehsood said a rescue operation was underway inside the mosque as a number of people were buried under the rubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby said: “I am deeply shocked and saddened to hear of the terror attack on a mosque in Peshawar today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“These horrendous attacks supposedly in the name of religion are always an affront to the nature of God, and we stand in solidarity with those who condemn such mindless violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I pray fervently for resolution and justice, for those who are injured, traumatised and grieving, and for the continuing commitment to peace and reconciliation between all communities in Pakistan”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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