Peshawar blast was ‘Suicide Attack’. Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Monday said the Peshawar mosque blast was a ‘suicide attack’.
Entirely talking to News, Rana Snaullah, although condemning the blast said as per the early investigation report, the blast was a ‘suicide attack’.
He also feared an increase in the number of dead and the added majority of the martyrs and the injured are policemen.
He said how a suicide bomber reached Mosque even with sharp security investigated but a existing first aid to the injured is the government’s top priority. The minister also said ‘foreign’ participation also cannot ruled out in the suicide attack as a number of agencies of our neighbors working beside Pakistan.
17 people martyred whereas at least 90 others, containing 15 police personnel, suffered injuries as a blast ripped through Police Lines mosque in Peshawar.
Security officials said the blast took place at around 1:40pm as Zuhr prayers offered, resultantly roof of the mosque caved in.
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The blast took place at the mosque where a huge number of people had gathered for prayer, police official Sikandar Khan said. “A portion of the building collapsed and several people believed to be under it,” Khan added.