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No less than 59 folks have been killed and 157 others have been wounded after a suicide bomber detonated explosives inside a mosque in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, January 30.
The blast occurred at a mosque close to police places of work in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, not removed from the nation’s border with Afghanistan.
Greater than 150 folks have been reportedly have been praying when the suicide bomber struck inflicting the roof to break down from the affect.
The Pakistan Taliban, often called Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, have claimed duty for the assault.
Amongst these killed have been at the very least 33 cops.
A report from Reuters say it isn’t clear how the bomber was capable of slip into the walled compound, which homes the police headquarters within the northwestern metropolis of Peshawar, and positioned in a high-security zone with different authorities buildings.
Pakistani Prime Minster Shehbaz Sharif, who visited the scene in Peshawar on Monday, condemned the bombing and urged folks to donate blood to assist save the wounded.
The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad additionally issued a press release condemning the “horrific assault.”
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