95 people died and 150 were injured in an explosion in a mosque in Pakistan. Most victims are police officers • Meduza • RIMA — Russian Independent Media Archive
95 people died and 150 were injured in an explosion in a mosque in Pakistan. Most victims are police officers
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Fayaz Aziz / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta in the Mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshavar occurred. According to the authorities, at least 95 people were killed, more than 150 were injured. Most of them are police officers, since the mosque is located in the fenced territory where the police office and the buildings of other state bodies are located. Pakistan Prime Minister Shakhbaz Sharif said that an explosion was arranged by a suicide bomber. The Pakistani cell of the Taliban terrorist organization prohibited in the Russian Federation forbidden in the Russian Federation took responsibility for the terrorist attack. The previous major attack in Peshavar occurred in March 2022, when, as a result of the explosion in the mosque, which was arranged by the suicide bomber, at least 58 people were killed and about 200 were injured.
