19 killed 60 injured in suicide bombing grenade firing attack at peshawar shiite mosque
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19 killed, 60 injured in suicide bombing, grenade, firing attack at Peshawar Shiite mosque

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Attack at Peshawar Shiite mosque
Peshawar - MENA

At least 19 people were killed and 60 more were reportedly injured in a terror attack on a Shiite mosque in Hayatabad Phase-5 in Peshawar, Pakistan Today reported Friday.
Witnesses were quoted as saying that six men, in Frontier Corps (FC) uniform, entered the mosque during Friday prayers and hurled grenades at the security personnel deputed at the site.
One of the attackers also reportedly blew himself up. Intense firing also continued for several minutes inside the mosque.
Police and rescue workers rushed to the site and the injured were shifted to nearby hospitals where many are said to be critical.
Frontier Corps personnel have launched an operation in the mosque. Elite force, Pakistan Army and Anti-Terror Squad were also summoned to the site.
According to SSP Operations Mian Saeed, three of the attackers were suicide bombers. One of them blew himself up, one was killed by security forces before he could detonate explosives and the third one has been arrested.
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have claimed responsibility.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervaz Khattak were stopped to approach the site due to the ongoing operation.

 

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