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Peshawar attack: Pakistani leaders took pictures with coffins, people expressed shock and anger – see

February 1, 2023
Saqafy Times

Peshawar: Social media users in Pakistan have expressed grief, anger and shock over photos of several prominent politicians posing with the coffins of those killed in the deadliest suicide attack on a mosque in Peshawar. According to the latest reports, the death toll in the suicide attack has crossed 100 as rescue workers pulled more bodies from the rubble of a destroyed mosque inside a major police facility.

Pakistan’s Twitter fraternity ridiculed its local politicians for playing politics over the dead bodies of the victims and doing little to wipe out terrorism from the country. Several Twitter users expressed anger, accusing the Pakistani establishment of creating a “Frankenstein monster” that is now devouring its creator.

Pakistani investigators are trying to ascertain how the attacker got into the high-security area in Pakistan’s northwestern Peshawar city. According to them, a suicide bomber in the front row blew himself up during Zohr (afternoon) prayers on Monday, causing the roof to collapse on the worshippers.

policemen among the victims

Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) spokesman Mohammad Asim said 100 bodies had been brought to the hospital. Aseem said that 53 injured are still undergoing treatment while seven have been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Most of the injured are out of danger, he said. Most of the victims were policemen. The dead included at least one deputy superintendent of police, five sub-inspectors and the prayer leader of the mosque, Maulana Sahibzada Noorul Amin.

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), better known as the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the suicide attack and said it was part of an attack in retaliation for Umar Khalid Khurasani, a TTP commander who was killed in Afghanistan last August. Was.

According to the Police Control Room Peshawar, more than 200 injured were brought to Lady Reading Hospital. Capital City Police Officer, Peshawar (CCPO) Ejaz Khan told Geo TV that the head of the suspected suicide bomber was recovered from the blast site.

identity of the suicide bomber

The suspected attacker has been identified as Mohd Ayaz, 37, son of Salim Khan of Mohmand Agency. “It is possible that the attacker was already present in the police line before the blast and may have used an official vehicle [to enter]” he said. “(The) CTD is probing the matter,” he said.

high level inquiry into peshawar attack

A high level inquiry committee has been constituted to look into the security lapses. The preliminary investigation report of the blast has been sent to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The attacker entered the heavily guarded mosque inside police lines with four levels of security. Provincial police chief Moazzam Jah Ansari said they were investigating the blast and how the attacker entered the heavily fortified mosque in the police line area.

He expressed apprehension that the assailant might have been living in the police line before the bomb blast as there are family quarters inside the police line. Ansari admitted a serious lapse in security by the police and ordered a comprehensive inquiry into the blast.

Ansari suspected that around 10-12 kg of explosives were used in the blast. He suggested that the explosives have been shifted to the police line due to construction activities in the police line these days.

President Arif Alvi, PM Sharif and several world leaders have strongly condemned the attack. Alvi tweeted, “I strongly condemn the heinous and cowardly blast at Peshawar Mosque. Perpetrators will be found and punished. Condolences to the families who have lost an innocent member and prayers for the injured. May terrorism be forever destroyed.” should be buried.”

Pakistani Taliban

The TTP, founded in 2007 as an umbrella group of several militant organisations, ended a ceasefire with the federal government and ordered its militants to carry out terrorist attacks across the country. The group, which is believed to be close to al-Qaeda, is believed to have been blamed for several deadly attacks across Pakistan, including an attack on an army headquarters in 2009, attacks on military bases and a 2008 attack on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad. Bombing is included.

In 2014, the Pakistani Taliban stormed the Army Public School (APS) in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing at least 150 people, including 131 students. The attack sent shockwaves around the world and was widely condemned.

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