Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that the government has “all the information regarding the origins” of the terrorists involved in the Peshawar attack and that the state is “going after” the perpetrators with “full force.”
Taking to his official Twitter handle, the premier wrote: “Have personally been monitoring operations and coordinating with CTD and agencies in the wake of the cowardly terrorist attack on Peshawar Imambargah.”
“My deepest condolences go to the victims’ families and prayers for the recovery of the injured. I have asked CM Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to personally visit the families and look after their needs,” said PM Imran.
According to police and rescue workers, at least 57 worshipers were killed and nearly 200 were injured in a suicide bomb attack during Friday prayers at a mosque in Peshawar’s Qissa Khwani bazaar in the Kocha Risaldar area on Friday.
The injured were rushed to Lady Reading Hospital by rescue teams, while residents and neighbours assisted in transporting the injured on their motorcycles and cars.
The blast was condemned by Prime Minister Imran Khan, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed, and other political leaders.
Police and security personnel have cordoned off the area and begun gathering evidence.
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