Reuters news agency quoted a Pakistani medical official as saying that at least 19 people were killed in a suicide bombing that took place inside a mosque near a police headquarters in Peshawar, the capital of the Khyber province in northwestern Pakistan.
Al-Jazeera correspondent also reported that dozens of worshipers were injured in the explosion.
A police line is held in the mosque of the mosque, the mosque is in the middle of the mosque, and the time for the prayer is in the afternoon, 50 plus the members of the crowd are there.
#Peshawar pic.twitter.com/KoCILP9MG0
- Adil Nizami (@AdilNizami10) January 30, 2023
The Metropolitan Police raised the state of security alert after the explosion, the causes of which are not known yet.
According to security officials, the bomber was present in the front row during prayer when he blew himself up, injuring dozens of worshipers performing the noon prayer.
This bombing comes at a time when the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) escalated its bombings in Pakistan after the efforts of peaceful talks and a cease-fire between them and the Pakistani government failed.
Police consultation in the mosque of Maid Dahmakah
DےMAکہ پولیس ایں میں ہWA ہے Mosque, Zakhmyoں کی informed #Pakistan #Peshawar #Blast pic.twitter.com/nNjY2hIj9b
- Raja Furqan Ahmed (@furqanraja1122) January 30, 2023