59 people were victim of suicide bomber in Pakistan
2023.01.30 14:38
59 people were victim of suicide bomber in Pakistan
By Kristina Sobol
Budrigannews.com – In the most recent attack by resurgent Islamist militants on police, a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a crowded mosque in a heavily fortified security compound in Pakistan on Monday, killing 59 people, including 27 police officers.
According to police, the assailant appeared to have entered the “Red Zone” compound in Peshawar, a volatile city in the northwest of Pakistan, through a series of security guarded barricades.
According to Reuters, Peshawar Police Chief Ijaz Khan stated, “It was a suicide bombing.” He stated that many of the 170 injured people were in critical condition.
Mohammad Asim, a hospital official, said in a statement that the number of people who died from their injuries increased to 59.
According to the police, 27 of them were police officers.
The bombing occurred one day before a mission from the International Monetary Fund arrived in Islamabad to start discussions about obtaining funding for the South Asian nation’s economy, which is experiencing a balance of payments crisis.
The incident was condemned by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
According to officials, the bomber detonated his load as hundreds of people waited in line to pray.
“We have found traces of explosives,” Khan told reporters, adding that the bomber had clearly escaped through the most secured area of the compound due to a security breach.
The method by which the intruder broke through such a high-level security barrier was being investigated, as was the presence of any inside assistance.
Up to 400 worshippers, according to Khan, were packed into the mosque hall.
The attack, which was the worst in Peshawar since a suicide bombing by Islamic State that killed at least 58 people in a Shi’ite Muslim mosque during Friday prayers in March 2022, was not immediately linked to anyone.
Islamist militant organizations, such as Islamic State and the Pakistani Taliban, frequently target Peshawar, which sits on the border of Pakistan’s tribal districts and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
According to Defense Minister Khawaja Asif, “ALLAH IS THE GREATEST,” the bomber was in the first row of worshippers, according to Geo TV.
From his hospital bed, police officer Mushtaq Khan told reporters:
“As the prayer leader said ‘Allah is the greatest,’ there was a big bang.”
The loud bang was so loud that we couldn’t tell what happened. I was thrown off the veranda by it. I was crushed by the roof and walls. I was saved by God, thank you.”
Dutzende of worshippers were ensnared in the rubble as a result of the explosion, which toppled the mosque’s upper floor. Rescue workers were captured on live television cutting through the collapsed roof to descend and assist victims trapped in the rubble.
According to Haji Ghulam Ali, the governor of the province, “We can’t say how many are still under it.”
Sharif stated, “The sheer scale of the human tragedy is unimaginable.” Pakistan is being targeted in no small way by this. A profound sense of loss has swept the nation. Terrorism is without a doubt our greatest threat to national security.
The police and rescue workers scrambled to get the injured to hospitals, according to witnesses, who described chaotic scenes.
Sharif said that anyone who attacked Muslims during prayer had nothing to do with Islam, and he asked party employees to donate blood at hospitals.
