Peshawar Blast

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

Death toll in Pak's Peshawar suicide blast in mosque jumps to 83: Report

The death toll in a suicide bombing inside a mosque in Peshawar's Police Lines has gone up to 83 after nine more bodies were recovered from the rubble, The News International reported

Unearthed entire network responsible for Peshawar mosque blast: Authorities

Pakistani authorities claimed to have unearthed the entire network and family members of the bombers responsible for the attack on a crowded Shia mosque in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

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.

Twin IED blasts in Peshawar kills one, injures 17

Improvised Explosive Device (IED) targeted a police convoy injuring two people