A Pakistan mosque bombing has left Dozens dead in a security compound In the
Northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, according to authorities.
Peshawar deputy commissioner Shafiullah Khan on Tuesday confirmed the fatalities
and said more than 80 victims were still being treated in hospital following the blast
at the mosque in a police compound in the city.
Nasarullah Khan, a police official who survived the explosion, said he remembered
seeing “a huge burst of flames” before becoming surrounded by a plume of black dust.
Khan said his foot broke in the blast and he was stuck in the rubble for three hours.
“The ceiling fell in… the space in between the ceiling and wall is where I managed to
survive,” he said.
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Meanwhile, hope was fading in the search for survivors as rescue workers sifted
through the rubble of the mosque that was all but destroyed Monday, when
worshipers – mainly law enforcement officials – had gathered for evening prayers.
Photos and video show walls of the mosque reduced to fragments, with glass windows
and paneling destroyed in the powerful blast.
“We are not expecting anyone alive to be found. Mostly dead bodies are being
recovered,” Bilal Faizi, a rescue spokesperson, said Tuesday.
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