No militant group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Both the Islamic State group and the Pakistani Taliban a militant group separate from the Taliban in Afghanistan have carried out similar attacks in the past in the area, located near the border with neighboring Afghanistan.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: The Daesh says a lone Afghan suicide bomber struck inside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar during Friday prayers, killing at least 56 worshippers and wounding 194 people. The Daesh affiliate in the region known as Islamic State in Khorasan province and headquartered in Afghanistan claimed Friday’s devastating attack in a
The Islamic State says a lone Afghan suicide bomber struck inside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar during Friday prayers, killing at least 57 worshippers and wounding 194 people
The Islamic State says a lone Afghan suicide bomber struck inside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar during Friday prayers, killing at least 56 worshippers and wounding 194 people.
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