Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said on Saturday that three suspects involved in the Peshawar mosque bombing would be arrested soon.
A special prayer service was held Friday at a mosque for Shiites in Peshawar, the capital of the troubled Kaiba-Paktungwa province. Then two terrorists came into the mosque. They fired at the guards of the mosque. One of the guards was killed; Another was injured. Police said one of the terrorists then entered the mosque and went to the place where the prayer was taking place and detonated a bomb attached to his body.
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Medical officials said 56 people were killed and about 200 were injured in the attack. They feared the death toll could rise as the health of many of the injured was worrying. In this case, the death toll from the attack has risen to 63, with 6 more injured and more without treatment. The Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization is responsible for this suicide attack.
Pakistani Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid tweeted that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police had identified three suspects in connection with the Peshawar mosque suicide bombing. The suspects were also approached by police intelligence agencies. They could still be arrested in two or three days. Thus he said. It is to be recalled that the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization has already carried out several attacks against the minority Shia sect in Pakistan.