Peshawar Police Lines blast, the number of martyrs has reached 83

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The number of martyrs in the Peshawar Police Lines blast has reached 83.

According to the spokesperson of Lady Reading Hospital, 17 bodies of martyrs and one injured person have been taken out since midnight, while 55 injured people are still undergoing treatment.

The spokesman said that the number of martyrs in the explosion has reached 83.

According to the officials, the operation is going on to evacuate more people buried under the debris of the mosque, while the search operation is also being conducted in the area.

Naveed Akhtar, District Emergency Officer of Rescue 1122 Peshawar, says that it cannot be said definitively how long the operation will be completed. The living persons are being checked by installing sensor devices.

The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has claimed responsibility for the police lines blast.

It should be noted that a suicide attack took place during the noon prayer in the Sadar Police Lines area of ​​Peshawar yesterday. According to preliminary investigations, the attacker was present in the first row of the mosque.

In this regard, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif, speaking in the Geonews program Capital Talk, revealed that the attacker had been staying there for one or two days. It is believed that someone inside was in contact with the attacker.

CCPO Peshawar says that the incident in the police lines seems to be a suicide attack, maybe the attacker is already in the police lines, 8 including FRP, SSU, and CTD are in the police lines. There are offices of more than 100 units, it is also possible that the attacker came sitting in an official vehicle.