An explosion at a crowded mosque in Pakistan’s Peshawar killed at the least 59 folks on Monday, the newest assault concentrating on police on this northwestern metropolis.
Hospital officers mentioned at the least 157 folks had been wounded, with a lot of them in crucial situation.
Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif known as the blast a suicide assault.
There had been at the least 260 folks within the mosque, police official Sikandar Khan added.
No one has claimed accountability for the bombing, which ripped via the mosque throughout midday prayers, inflicting a wall to break down on high of worshippers.
The constructing is situated inside a extremely fortified compound that features the headquarters of the provincial police pressure and a counter-terrorism division.
“We’re getting that the terrorist was standing in the first row,” Defence Minister Khawaja Asif advised Geo TV.
Footage from authorities broadcaster PTV confirmed police and residents scrambling to take away particles from the blast website and carrying wounded folks on their shoulders.
