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Suicide blast inside Hangu mosque kills 5, injures around 12

By Isarulhaq in The News online, Sept 29, 2023HANGU: At least five people, including a police officer, lost their lives while several others were injured after a bomb went off inside a mosque during Friday’s sermon, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Hangu, where people were gathered for weekly prayers. The city’s district police officer (DPO) Nisar Ahmed said that the blast took place within the limits of the Doaba police station. Over 30 people have been buried…

Terror makes macabre return to Peshawar

report in The Express Tribune, Jan 31st, 2023PESHAWAR: At least 61 people, many of them policemen, were martyred and more than 170 sustained injuries after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines during the afternoon prayers on Monday, police and medics said. Officials confirmed that it was a suicide attack and that the bomber was standing in the front row at the time of the explosion. Peshawar Capital City…