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Mosque suicide blast death toll rises to 100 in Pakistan's Peshawar city

The death toll from the suicide blast rose to at least 100 on Tuesday after rescue workers retrieved more bodies from the debris of the devastated mosque inside a major police facility in Pakistan's northwestern Peshawar city. According to security officials, the suicide bomber who was present in the front row during the Zuhr (afternoon) prayers on Monday blew himself up, causing the roof to collapse on the worshippers. Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) spokesperson Mohammad Asim said that 100 bodies had been brought to the medical facility. Asim said 53 injured were currently being treated while seven had been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). He said that most of the injured were out of danger. Most of the victims were policemen. At least a deputy superintendent of police, five sub-inspectors and the mosque's prayer leader Maulana Sahibzada Noorul Amin were among the dead. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), known as the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the sui

61 killed, 150 injured in Taliban suicide attack at mosque in Peshawar

A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque packed with worshippers during afternoon prayers on Monday in the high-security zone in Pakistan's restive northwestern Peshawar city, killing at least 46 people and wounding more than 150 others, mostly policemen, officials said. The powerful blast occurred inside the mosque in the Police Lines area around 1.40 pm when worshippers, which included personnel of the police, army and bomb disposal squad - were offering the Zuhr (afternoon) prayers. The bomber who was present in the front row blew himself up, causing the roof to collapse on the worshippers, officials said. Lady Reading Hospital officials said 46 people have died and 157 others injured. There were mostly policemen and security officials among the dead and injured. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), known as the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the suicide attack, saying it was part of a revenge attack for slain TTP commander Umar Khalid Khurasani who w

Pakistan: Frequent terrorist attacks in Peshawar, Khyber districts increase

Police authorities have confirmed that stringent measures will be taken to improve law and order in these villages of the Saddar division and other towns situated in adjacent Khyber tribal districts

Pakistan air force plane crashes in Peshawar, killing two pilots

In a statement, the Pakistan air force said no damage was caused on the ground and it ordered an investigation to determine what caused the crash

Iran condemns mosque attack in Pak, says attack aimed at sowing discord

Iran strongly condemned a Friday attack on a mosque in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar that killed dozens, according to the Foreign Ministry website.Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh said the attack was aimed at sowing discord, the official news agency of Iran reported.The Iranian spokesperson also expressed condolences to the families of the victims of the "inhuman and brutal" attack and wished the wounded a quick recovery.Khatibzadeh also hoped that the Pakistani government would prevent such criminal acts by taking required measures and making decisive moves.On Friday, an explosion at a Shia mosque in Peshawar had claimed the lives of 56 people and injured nearly 200. City officials termed the incident a suicide attack and said that two attackers were involved in the incident.A Pakistani journalist on Friday condemned the Peshawar suicide blast, saying that the local media is silent on the religious identity of the explosion that claimed the lives of .

UN chief Guterres condemns mosque attack in Pakistan's Peshawar

The suicide bomb attack left at least 56 people dead and nearly 200 others injured, according to hospital and police officials.

57 killed, around 200 injured in mosque blast in Peshawar: Pakistan police

At least 30 people were killed and more than 50 others injured when a bomb ripped through a crowded mosque during the Friday congregation in this northwestern Pakistan city, officials said. A rescue official said the blast occurred at a Jamia mosque in Qissa Khwani bazaar area when the worshippers were offering Friday prayers. Officials said the condition of the 10 injured is stated to be critical.

Peshawar pays tribute to Dilip Kumar on his 99th birth anniversary

Blessed with a unique ability to underplay emotions, Kumar was credited to have brought method acting to Indian cinema

Bomb at seminary in Pakistan's Peshawar kills 7 children, wounds 70

A powerful bomb blast ripped through an Islamic seminary on the outskirts of the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday morning, killing at least seven children and wounding 70 others

Bus explosion in Peshawar kills 16, injures 30

According to officials, about 8 kg of explosives were used in the blast that targeted govt officials