At least 27 people were killed in a suspected attack on a mosque in Pakistan on Monday. A police spokesman also reported to the German news agency that more than 140 people were injured.
Some of them have been taken to hospitals in critical condition. The explosion occurred during midday prayers in the northwestern city of Peshawar in a high-security zone. There are many police buildings nearby.
Authorities assume a suicide attack. At first no one acknowledged it. Late last year, however, the Pakistani Taliban – who operate independently of the Islamist Taliban government in neighboring Afghanistan – declared a ceasefire with the government in Islamabad. Since then, they have claimed several attacks for themselves.
In Pakistan, the vast majority of the population of over 230 million people is Muslim. About two million people live in the city of Peshawar. (aeg/sda/dpa)
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