HANGU: At least five worshippers were killed and 15 others were injured on Friday when two suicide attackers struck a mosque in Northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
A senior police official, confirming the twin suicide bombings, revealed that the terrorists targeted the Police Line Mosque located in Doaaba during Friday prayers.
The District Police Officer (DPO) disclosed that the attackers initiated the assault by opening fire, and a valiant police response led to the neutralization of one of the suicide bombers at the mosque’s entrance gate. Unfortunately, the second suicide bomber managed to enter inside the mosque and detonated himself during the final sermon of the Friday prayers.
District Deputy Commissioner Fazl-e-Akbar said that around 30 to 40 people were inside the mosque when the blast occurred and multiple casualties are feared as people were trapped under the debris of the damaged mosque.
ہنگو دوآبہ میں بھی دھماکہ
اللہ تعالیٰ رحم فرمائے آمین
حکومت امن و امان قائم رکھنے میں مکمل ناکام ہو چکی ہے
عوام دہشتگردوں کے رحم وکرم پر ہیں#Mastungblast سے ہنگو تک @AlkhidmatOrg کے رضاکار سرگرم عمل#HangoBlast pic.twitter.com/wvjICy41OF— Abdul Wasi (@AbdulwasiPK61) September 29, 2023
District Deputy Commissioner Fazl-e-Akbar said that approximately 30 to 40 people were inside the mosque at the time of the blast. The aftermath left several individuals trapped beneath the debris of the severely damaged mosque, raising fears of additional casualties.
This is the second bomb attack in Pakistan today, with the first leaving at least 52 dead and 60 others injured at an Eid Miladun Nabi procession in Balochistan’s Mastung district.
