The suicide bomber who killed more than 100 people at a mosque in a police compound in Peshawar this week wore a police uniform and entered the high-security area on a motorbike, a Pakistani provincial police chief said. The bomber behind the attack has been identified as a member of a militant network, the police chief of Khyber Pashtunkhwa Province, Moazzam Jah Ansari, told reporters without giving further details. The bombing was the deadliest in a decade to hit Peshawar, a northwestern city that has suffered decades of Islamist militant violence. To read the original story by Reuters, click here.
Pakistan Says Peshawar Mosque Bomber Wore Police Uniform, Breached Security On Motorbike
The bombing at a mosque in Peshawar on January 30 was the deadliest to hit the northwestern Pakistani city in a decade.