Shiite Mosque Bombed In Pakistan, Kills 45 Injures Others
A powerful bomb exploded inside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday, killing at least 45 worshippers and wounding some 65 others, many of them critically, police said. SAHARA REPORTERS reports.
Peshawar Police Chief Muhammed Ejaz Khan said the violence started when two armed attackers opened fire on police outside the mosque in Peshawar’s old city, according to AP.
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According to SAHARA REPORTERS. local police official Waheed Khan said the explosion occurred as worshippers had gathered in the Kucha Risaldar Mosque for Friday prayers. The death toll will likely rise as many of the wounded are in critical condition, he added.
Ambulances rushed through congested narrow streets carrying the wounded to Lady Reading Hospital, where doctors worked feverishly. At least 150 worshippers were inside the mosque at the time of the explosion, witnesses said. Information Guide Nigeria
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the blast, but both the Islamic State group and a violent Pakistani Taliban organization have carried out similar attacks in the region, located near the border with neighbouring Afghanistan. jamb results
Shayan Haider, a witness, had been preparing to enter the mosque when a powerful explosion threw him to the street.
“I opened my eyes and there was dust and bodies everywhere,” he said.
The prayer leader, Allama Irshad Hussein Khalil, a prominent up-and-coming young Shiite leader, was among the dead. Throughout the city, ambulance sirens could be heard.
