A blast at a mosque inside police headquarters in Pakistan on Monday, January 29 has killed and wounded worshipers, according to hospital officials.
The incident occurred during afternoon prayers in the northwestern city of Peshawar near the Afghanistan border.
According to an AFP reporter at the scene, rescue workers had been seen carrying two dead bodies away in an ambulance and a part of the mosque roof and wall structure had collapsed, leaving bloodied survivors limping away from the wreckage.
“We have received dead bodies. It’s an emergency,” said Muhammad Asim Khan, a spokesman for the main hospital in Peshawar, adding that at least 39 wounded had so far been confirmed and had arrived at the hospital facility.
