During Friday prayers in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a bomb blast occurred in a mosque, injuring four people. The injured include Maulana Abdulla Nadeem, District Head of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI). District Police Officer Asif Bahadur said that the blast took place in the Maulana Abdul Aziz Mosque of South Waziristan. The attackers hid the IED in the mimber of the mosque (where the Imam stands and gives khutba).
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Mosques have been targeted earlier also
After the bombings, police and relief teams immediately rushed to the spot and the injured were taken to Vana District Hospital. Let me tell you that mosques have been targeted earlier in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, especially during the prayers of Jumme. Last month, six people, including JUI-S leader Maulana Hamidul Haq Haqqani, were killed and 15 people were injured in a suicide attack in Darul Uloom Hakkania Madrasa.
Madrasa and Bannu cantonment attacked the attackers
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police chief Zulfikar Hameed said on Friday that the terrorists involved in the suicide attacks in Darul Uloom Hakania and Bannu Cantonment have been identified. The police have been successful in identifying CCTV footage and suicide bomb parties.
Five soldiers and 13 civilians were killed in Bannu attack
Five soldiers and 13 civilians were killed in the attack in Bannu Cantonment, while 16 terrorists were killed. According to officials, vehicles used in the Bannu Cantonment attack have been tracked and used foreign weapons. Meanwhile, the government has given compensation of 1 million (Pakistani rupees) to the families of those killed in the Bannu blast.
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More than 100 suspects arrested in Kurram district
At the same time, more than 100 suspects have been arrested for spreading unrest in Kurram district. IGP Zulfikar Hameed said that a new strategy is being made to prevent terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and soon the safe city project will be started, which will be completed in a few months.
