The suicide bomber who carried out the deadly attack on a mosque in the Peshawar Police Lines area was a member of the Pakistani Taliban disguised as a policeman,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Chief Moazzam Jah Ansari revealed on Thursday in a presser, according to Dawn.
After investigating how the suicide bomber entered the Peshawar mosque and attacked, Pakistani police claimed that there are chances that the bomber was able to evade the security check because of an insider hand, reported Reuters.
The Pakistan administration was investigating how the Peshawar mosque bomber was able to reach a secure area and if there was any insider help, The Express Tribune reported.
In the first meeting of the Pakistan cabinet since the deadly suicide blast at a mosque in Peshawar, lawmakers from the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) on Wednesday came down heavily on the previous Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) regime over its counter-terror policy, the Dawn
A constable posted at the residence of the Superintendent of Police (SP) in Balrampur district of Uttar Pradesh died by suicide after shooting himself in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
The toll from the deadly suicide bombing inside a crowded mosque inside Police Lines compound in Peshawar rose to 63, while the number of injured persons was 150, Geo News reported.
According to the security officials, the suicide attacker was present in the front row during the prayer when he exploded himself. The militant outfit, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the attack.
A farmer from Ibrahimpatnam attempted suicide by pouring petrol in front of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao's camp office at Pragati Bhavan, police said on Monday.
The deadly suicide attack that took place on Monday in a mosque in the Police Lines area of Peshawar killed 44 people and left at least 157 injured, Geo News reported.