A blast inside a mosque shook Peshawar\u2019s Police Lines area on Monday, with officials saying that at least 28 people were killed and 150 were injured.<\/p>\n
Peshawar Commissioner Riaz Mehsood confirmed the casualties, adding that a rescue operation was underway inside the mosque.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn emergency has been imposed at hospitals across the city and injured persons are being provided the best medical facilities,\u201d the senior official said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Lady Reading Hospital spokesperson Mohammad Asim told Dawn.com that injured persons were still being brought to the medical facility and some of them were in critical condition.<\/p>\n
Dawn.com\u2019s correspondent at the blast site said the explosion took place at around 1:40pm as Zuhr prayers were being offered. He said personnel of the police, army and bomb disposal squads were present inside the mosque.<\/p>\n
The reporter said a portion of the building had collapsed and several people \u2014 especially those standing in the front row during the prayers \u2014 were believed to be under it.<\/p>\n
Visuals run on television channels showed people gathered around the collapsed wall of the mosque.<\/p>\n
The police have also closed roads leading to the Red Zone.<\/p>\n
It is still unclear whether a bomb was planted in the mosque or if it was a suicide attack. So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n
The last major incident of such a nature had taken place in Peshawar last year, when a suicide blast inside a Shia mosque in Kocha Risaldar area claimed 63 lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A blast inside a mosque shook Peshawar\u2019s Police Lines area on Monday, with officials saying that at least 28 people were killed and 150 were injured. Peshawar Commissioner Riaz Mehsood confirmed the casualties, adding that a rescue operation was underway inside the mosque. \u201cAn emergency has been imposed at hospitals across the city and injured […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310661,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-310660","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n