Kathmandu, 31 January : The death toll from a suicide bomb blast that hit a mosque on Monday in Pakistan’s northwest provincial capital of Peshawar rose to 89, according to Pakistanti officials.
Deputy Commissioner of Peshawar Shafiullah Khan said that the death toll rose after some injured succumbed to their injuries and more bodies were recovered from the debris of the mosque which collapsed following the blast.The official added that 150 people were injured in the attack, of which 67 were still under treatment in different hospitals while the remaining have been discharged after medical treatment.
The deputy commissioner said that the death toll might rise further because around 10 people are still in critical condition, and some are still buried under the debris.
On Monday, Muhammad Ijaz Khan, a capital city police officer of Peshawar in the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, told Xinhua that around 300 people were praying in the mosque of the Police Lines area of the city when the blast happened. (Xinhua)
People’s News Monitoring Service
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