An explosion occurred early on Monday morning at a mosque in the city of Peshawar, in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens more.
According to officials cited by Reuters, 260 people were inside the mosque at the time of the explosion that demolished a large part of the two-story building.
According to the first information, the explosion at noon on Monday was caused by a suicide bomber attack.
پشاور میں پولیس لائنز کی مسجد میں نماز ظہر کے دوران دھماکے کے نتیجے میں ابھی تک کی اطلاعات کے مطابق 50 افراز زخمی ہیں۔#Peshawar pic.twitter.com/XxRn1dFA7u
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“A part of the building collapsed and many people are believed to have been crushed,” police official Sikandar Khan told Reuters.
Mohammad Asim, a spokesman for Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, said 90 injured, some in critical condition, were being treated there.
Videos released to local media showed people gathered around a collapsed wall of the mosque and injured people being taken to hospitals in vehicles.
پشاور پولیس لائن کے قریب مسجد میں دھماکہ متعدد افراد کے جاں بحق ہونے کی اطلاع#Peshawar pic.twitter.com/RVGSmiCoDD
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17 reported dead in a blast at a mosque in Pakistan’s Peshawar pic.twitter.com/lj4tZFUVjk
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