Suicide bombing at Peshawar police line mosque: 46 killed, 100 injured

At least 46 people killed and wounding more than 100 others, mostly policemen in a suicide bomb attack in the Mosque of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Peshawar police line

The blast took place at the mosque where a large number of people had gathered for prayer, police official Sikandar Khan said. The mosque was located close to a police housing block. As per report, there were over 300 people inside when the blast occurred, according to police.

At lease 180 were killed/Injured In a Suicide Bombing in the Mosque of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Peshawar police line, claims one of the Pakistan local media.

As per reports, a brother of the slain commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Umar Khalid Khurasani claimed that the suicide attack was part of the revenge attack for his brother who was killed last August in Afghanistan.

A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque packed with people during afternoon prayers on Monday in the high-security zone in Pakistan's northwestern Peshawar city, killing at least 46 people and wounding more than 100 others, mostly policemen.

The blast occurred inside the mosque in the Police Lines area around 1.40 pm when worshippers, which included personnel of the police, army and bomb disposal squad - were offering the Zuhr (afternoon) prayers. The bomber who was present in the front row blew himself up, officials said.