A suicide attack was carried out on a mosque during the noon prayer in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. According to initial reports, 32 people, including the police, lost their lives and nearly 150 were injured. The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a condolence message after the attack.
According to national media reports, a suicide attack took place at the mosque in the Police Lines area of the city during the noon prayer.
According to initial reports, 32 people, including police officers, lost their lives and 147 were injured in the attack.
Officials said 10 of the injured were in serious condition. Officials, who stated that there were about 150 people in the mosque at the time of the attack, are worried that the death toll will increase.
There was a suicide attack on a mosque in Pakistan. According to national media reports, a suicide attack took place at the mosque in the Police Lines area of the city during the noon prayer.
According to initial reports, 32 people, including police officers, lost their lives and 147 were injured in the attack.
Officials said 10 of the injured were in serious condition.
Officials, who stated that there were about 150 people in the mosque at the time of the attack, are worried that the death toll will increase.
TERROR ATTACKS INCREASED
The Pakistani Taliban (TTP) has recently increased its attacks.
On November 28, 2022, the TTP announced on social media that the ceasefire, which was initiated with the Islamabad administration on May 10, 2022, had ended and that it had ordered its members to attack the security forces across the country.
Pakistan Considers TTP a Terrorist Organization
According to the data shared by the Islamabad-based think tank Center for Security Studies and Research (CRSS), 601 people, including 290 security forces and 311 civilians, were killed and 741 injured in 506 terrorist attacks in Pakistan in 2022.
The majority of the attacks were carried out in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border regions. Organizations such as TTP, Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and DAESH-H claimed responsibility for most of these attacks.
Terrorist attacks in Pakistan in 2022 increased by 15 percent compared to the previous year.
CONDITIONAL MESSAGE FROM FOREIGN
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shared a message of condolence after the attack in Pakistan. The Ministry said, “It has been learned with great sadness that as a result of the terrorist act targeting a mosque in the city of Peshawar, Pakistan, many civilians lost their lives and were injured. It condemns the heinous terrorist act in the strongest terms. We express our condolences to the people and wish a speedy recovery to the injured.” said.
