Suicide bomber who killed 101 in Pakistan mosque disguised himself as police

Police stated the bomber behind the lethal assault on Monday in Peshawar had been recognized and so they have been near arresting members of the community behind it.

The blast collapsed the roof of the 50-year-old mosque, killing 101 folks, principally male law enforcement officials.

Some 225 folks have been injured.

Regional police chief Moazzam Jah Ansari instructed a press convention Thursday: “We are going to avenge the martyrdom of every policeman.”

Greater than 300 worshippers have been praying within the Sunni mosque when the bomber set off a suicide vest.

Mr Ansari stated the attacker was not searched as a result of guards assumed he was a colleague.

“Sure, I admit that it was a safety lapse and I take duty for it,” Mr Ansari stated.

Mr Ansari spoke a day after dozens of law enforcement officials joined a peace march organised by the members of civil society teams in Peshawar, demanding safety.

Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif has accused the Pakistani Taliban, identified by the acronym TTP, of finishing up the assault, saying they have been working from neighbouring Afghan territory.

Pakistan needs the Afghan Taliban to take motion towards the TTP. Shortly after the bombing, a TTP commander claimed duty.

However greater than 10 hours after the assault, the chief spokesman for the group distanced the TTP from the carnage, saying it was not its coverage to assault mosques.

On Wednesday, Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed international minister Amir Khan Muttaqi instructed Pakistani authorities to search for the explanations behind militant violence of their nation as an alternative of blaming Afghanistan.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif visited a hospital in Peshawar after the bombing and vowed “stern motion” towards these behind the assault.

Pakistan, which is generally Sunni Muslim, has seen a surge in militant assaults since November when the Pakistani Taliban ended a ceasefire with authorities forces. Violence has additionally elevated because the Afghan Taliban seized energy in Afghanistan in August 2021.

The TTP is separate from however an in depth ally of the Afghan Taliban.