The death toll from the bombing of a mosque in Pakistan has risen to 83
The death toll from the mosque bombing inside the Peshawar police headquarters in northwest Pakistan has risen to 83, medical officials said today.
The explosion took place yesterday, during afternoon prayers, in this very sensitive location in the city, located 50 km from the border with Afghanistan.
During the night, nine bodies were found under the rubble of the mosque, whose roof and one of its walls collapsed as a result of the blast.
"This morning we will remove the last section of the collapsed roof so we can retrieve more bodies, but we are pessimistic about the chances of finding other survivors," emergency spokesman Bilal Ahmed Faizi told AFP.
For his part, Muhammad Asim Khan, spokesman for the "Lady Reading" hospital in Peshawar, told AFP that the death toll had risen to 83, with more bodies being found.
And the area of the police headquarters in Peshawar is one of the areas subject to the strictest security measures in the city and includes the offices of several intelligence agencies.
Following the bombing, the capital, Islamabad, and all parts of the country, especially those located on the border with Afghanistan, were put on high security alert.
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