At least 57 people killed and scores injured in twin explosions at Pakistan mosques

2023-09-29 2

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Local officials, a suicide ing and another explosion, tearing two mosques in Pakistan, killed at least 57 people, and dozens of more injured in events that marked the birthday of Prophet Muhammad. Lock Points The first explosion occurred at a rally celebrating birthday of Prophet Muhammad, and second lowered a mosque to rubble The first explosion occurred at rally celebrating birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, and secondly, Pakistan's internal minister reduced a mosque to rubble, saying it was "disgusting action" Pakistan Interior Minister says this is a "disgusting action", the country has seen that Islamist attacks have been revived since last year The first explosion occurred at religious meeting in Mastung, a region in province Balochistan, where hundreds of people gathered on Friday to celebrate the birthday prophet Muhammad, official holiday. The second explosion killed five people in the state of neighbor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Local publisher Geo News collapsed the roof of a mosque and caught about 30 to 40 people under the rubble. No group claimed responsibility for explosions that increased shares of security forces before national elections in January and increased attacks of militant groups in Western Pakistan. In a statement, guard Interior Minister Sarfraz condemned the ing and expressed sadness and grief due to loss of life. Mawlid said that targeting people during the An-Nabi regiment was a "disgusting action". Pakistan has seen that since last year, Islamist militants, the government and various harsh Sunni Islamist groups, a ceasefire exploded between Tehareek-E-Taliban Pakistan , an umbrella organization. TTP rejected the responsibility of the attacks on Friday. The Islamic State Group had previously requested fatal attacks in Balochistan province rich in gas on the border of Afghanistan and Iran. This region has been a place of a low -level uprising by Baloch nationalists for more than twenty years. Baloch nationalists initially asked for a share of state sources, but later started a rebellion called for independence. In July, more than 40 people were killed in suicide ing at a meeting of religious political party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.