Greater Middle East (bbabo.net), - The death toll in a mosque explosion in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar has risen to 59, Dawn reported today, January 30.

Earlier it was reported about 44 dead.

Officials said at least 59 people were killed and 157 injured.

The explosion in the mosque was carried out by a suicide bomber during prayer. According to local media, at the time of the explosion there were about 120 people in the mosque, most of those gathered were representatives of the police, army and sappers. Part of the mosque and the roof of the building collapsed.

It is known that in Peshawar, which borders on Afghanistan, the activity of Islamists from the Tehrik-e Taliban * Pakistan group (TTP, the Taliban * movement is prohibited in the Russian Federation) is high. The brother of one of the leaders of the TTP, Umar Khalid Khorasani, who was killed in August 2022, said that what happened was revenge for the death of their commander.

*A terrorist organization banned on the territory of the Russian Federation.

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