According to a local police chief, two armed suicide bombers fought their way into the mosque, where they detonated their bombs.
Further details were initially unclear, including who was responsible for the attack. Since the militant Islamist Taliban took power in neighboring Afghanistan, attacks in the border region have recently increased. In particular, the terrorist militia “Islamic State” (IS) and the Pakistani Taliban claim attacks for themselves. The border province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. in which Peshawar is located, was long considered a troubled region of Pakistan, but was quiet for a long time after a military offensive against Islamist terrorist groups in 2014.
In autumn 2020, many people were killed and more than 100 injured in a similar attack in a Koran school in Peshawar. At that time, the IS was suspected. Residents in Peshawar recall the brutal attack by Pakistani Taliban, who killed more than 150 people, mostly children, in a school in Peshawar in 2014.
Source: Nachrichten
