KOHAT/ISLAMABAD – A minimum of 22 folks together with 15 police personnel had been martyred and 85 others wounded in a car-bomb assault on a mosque during Friday prayers in Kohat Metropolis, police and rescue employees stated.
A suicide bomber rammed explosive-laden car into the mosque situated throughout the premises of the Previous Police Strains in Kohat Metropolis on Friday. Fifteen cops and a four-year-old youngster are amongst these died within the assault, which additionally involved gunmen firing on a police facility within the metropolis of Kohat within the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif expressed deep grief and sorrow over the injuries sustained by civilians in a blast close to the Previous Police Strains in Kohat.
The blast occurred round 13:15 native time (08:15 GMT) whereas Friday prayers had been happening. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Inspector General Zulfikar Hameed stated that it was a suicide attack. Reportedly all seven attackers had been killed within the explosion and the gun battle that adopted.
In accordance with District Well being Officer (DHO) a minimum of 85 folks had been injured within the assault. “The our bodies of twenty-two folks, together with 15 police officers, had been dropped at our hospital and 85 others injured within the assault,” District Well being Officer Dr Nasir Hassan Afridi instructed media individuals on the District Headquarters Hospital. He stated the critically injured had been shifted to Peshawar. He stated emergency imposed within the hospital and docs on depart known as for responsibility. Police stated the blast precipitated extreme damage to the mosque construction that precipitated most casualties. KP IGP Zulfiqar Hameed instructed reporters {that a} vehicle-borne suicide bomber initially struck the constructing’s gate, following which a number of assaulters moved in the direction of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) constructing, the place they had been neutralised. He stated round three different attackers tried to maneuver in the direction of the Particular Department constructing who had been additionally killed. Rescue 1122 spokesperson Bilal Ahmed Faizi stated the blast occurred at round 1:15 p.m. whereas Friday prayers had been underway at previous police strains. Abdul Salam Khalid, director of public relations on the Central Police Workplace, Peshawar, stated that terrorists had tried to focus on the previous Police Strains and worshipers on the mosque located throughout the premises. He stated the explosion occurred whereas a lot of worshipers had been providing Friday prayer. In accordance with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police spokesperson, about seven armed militants tried to infiltrate the Police Strains following the mosque blast.
