A local hospital spokesman said 90 injured people had been treated, some in critical condition.
An explosion rocked a mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar earlier today, injuring at least 90 people, a local police official told Reuters.
As a result of the explosion during the noon prayer in the mosque of police lines in Peshawar, according to the information so far, 50 people have been injured.#Peshawar pic.twitter.com/XxRn1dFA7u
— Khurram Iqbal (@khurram143) January 30, 2023
The blast occurred at a mosque where a large number of people had gathered to pray, police official Sikandar Khan said.
“A section of the building collapsed and many people are believed to have been trapped,” Khan added.
#Pakistan Blast inside the Mosque in Police Lines Peshawar, 20 injured pic.twitter.com/jNvCAb9FoY
— Ghulam Abbas Shah (@ghulamabbasshah) January 30, 2023
Mohammad Asim, a spokesman for Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, said 90 injured, some critically, were being treated there.
A photo published in local media shows people gathered around a collapsed wall of the mosque.
In #Pakistana suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque.
According to preliminary data, two people were killed and more than 70 were wounded. pic.twitter.com/fJeKOwiYAI
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) January 30, 2023
Explosion inside a mosque in Police Lines during afternoon prayers.#Peshawar #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/Z4Ciaymtx4
— Yusra Askari (@YusraSAskari) January 30, 2023
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