At least 30 people have been killed in a bomb attack on a mosque in Pakistan.
Peshawar – At least 30 people have been killed in a bomb attack on a mosque in Pakistan. Around 60 other injured were taken to a hospital in the northwestern city of Peshawar, a spokesman for the clinic said.
According to a local police chief, two armed suicide bombers fought their way into the mosque, where they detonated their bombs. Further details were initially unclear, including who was responsible for the attack.
Bomb attack in mosque in Pakistan: 30 people killed
Since the takeover of power by the militant Islamist Taliban* in the neighboring country Afghanistan* Attacks in the border region have recently increased. In particular, the terrorist militia Islamic State (IS) and the Pakistani Taliban claim attacks for themselves. The border province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was long considered a troubled region of Pakistan, but has long been quiet after a military offensive against Islamist terrorist groups in 2014.
In autumn 2020, many people were killed and more than 100 injured in a similar attack in a Koran school in Peshawar. At that time, the IS was suspected. Residents in Peshawar remember the attacks on the brutal attack by Pakistani Taliban, the Killed more than 150 people in a school in Peshawar in 2014* had, especially children. (iwe/dpa) *fr.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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