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Bomb Blast at Mosque Celebration in Pakistan Leaves Dozens Dead

A powerful bomb detonated near a mosque during a celebration in southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 52 people and injuring many more. The attack occurred during a procession to commemorate the birth anniversary of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, known as Mawlid an-Nabi.

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32 killed, 147 injured in blast at mosque in Peshawar Police Lines Area

A blast inside a mosque shook Peshawar’s Police Lines area on Monday, with officials saying that at least 32 people were killed and 147 were injured.

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The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the blast.

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[Peshawar Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Muhammad Ijaz] Khan said between 300 to 400 police personnel were present in the area at the time of the blast.

Peshawar lies on the historic Grand Trunk Road that connects the city to Islamabad, 184 km to the East, and Lahore and also provides access to the Afghan border via the Khyber Pass, with onward connections to Kabul, which lies 284 km to the West. Yesterday, it was reported that 10 children had died in a mass drowning when their boat capsized on a lake near Kohat, approximately 70 km due south of Peshawar.

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"Those On Duty Didn't Check Because...": On Pak Blast, Cops Admit To Lapse

Pakistan mosque blast: Those on duty didn't check the suicide bomber because he was in a police uniform, said police.

Peshawar: The suicide bomber who killed 101 people inside a mosque at a police headquarters in Pakistan was wearing a police uniform and helmet when he staged the attack, a police chief said Thursday.

"Those on duty didn't check him because he was in a police uniform... It was a security lapse," Moazzam Jah Ansari, the head of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province police force, told a news conference.

Police have a "fair idea" about who the bomber was after matching his head found at the scene with CCTV images.

"There's an entire network behind him," Mr Ansari said, explaining that the bomber had not planned Monday's assault in northwest Peshawar alone.

Hundreds of police were attending afternoon prayers in the police headquarters' mosque when the blast erupted, causing a wall to collapse and crush officers.

Authorities are investigating how a major security breach could happen in one of the most tightly controlled areas of the city, housing intelligence and counter-terrorism bureaus, and next door to the regional secretariat.

It is Pakistan's deadliest assault in several years and the worst since violence began to surge again in the region after the Afghan Taliban's takeover in Kabul in 2021.

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1977 – Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War. 1978 – Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped; he is later murdered by his captors. 1978 – A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73. 1978 – Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time. 1979 – Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ending the war. 1984 – William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Lebanon, is kidnapped by Hezbollah; he later dies in captivity. 1985 – Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut; he is not released until December 1991. 1988 – Iran–Contra affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States. 1988 – Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5,000 people and injuring about 10,000 people. 1988 – The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three persons, one of them a member of PIRA are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded. 1995 – Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865. 2001 – A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China kill 108 people and injure 38 others, the biggest mass murder in China in decades. 2003 – American activist Rachel Corrie is killed in Rafah by being run over by an Israel Defense Forces bulldozer while trying to obstruct the demolition of a home. 2005 – Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control. 2010 – The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed in a fire. 2012 – Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first batter in history to score 100 centuries in international cricket. 2014 – Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia. 2016 – A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 30. 2016 – Two suicide bombers detonate their explosives at a mosque during morning prayer on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing 24 and injuring 18. 2020 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 2,997.10, the single largest point drop in history and the second-largest percentage drop ever at 12.93%, an even greater crash than Black Monday (1929). This follows the U.S. Federal Reserve announcing that it will cut its target interest rate to 0–0.25%. 2021 – Atlanta spa shootings: Eight people are killed and one is injured in a trio of shootings at spas in and near Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. A suspect is arrested the same day. 2022 – A 7.4-magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of Fukushima, Japan, killing 4 people and injuring 225.

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I'm embarrassed for being associated with Islam - Ex Muslim via /r/atheism

I'm embarrassed for being associated with Islam - Ex Muslim Grew up in Pakiland. Met Jihadis to Mullahs from the Red Mosque and even saw Hafiz Saeed. All my life growing up I kept seeing Muslims killing Muslims in Pakistan. Taliban doing suicide blasts daily. I remember we were averaging more than one terrorist attack per day for a whole year. Then came ISIS and Bin laden. Then Boko Haram & the list keeps ongoing. Now we have Hamas. It always bugged me why we can't state the obvious that one specific religion is causing worldwide grief. From beheading cartoonists to Lynching blasphemers, what are these people drunk on? The prophet is a 50 yo man & married a 6 yo child when his own daughters were teens. He married the equivalence of his grand daughter. Ended up marrying 18 women & divorcing many others. This sex obsessed maniac endowed upon the world big titted houris in heaven, a psychotic belief at best inspiring jihadis to blow themselves up for imaginary pussy post humous. What else do we get? Chopping hands, stoning people, veiling women, flogging people & a butt load of ancient bullshit encoded in 7th century poetry such as shooting stars chasing genies or Angels descending from heaven to fight wars. Oh yes Jizyah & being told how unbelievers are deaf, dumb, blind, donkeys, cattle, pigs, animals or filth etc. It is so EXTREMELY embarrassing to be ever associated with such a brain numbing ideology. Muslims are not realizing that Islam is hurting their society's and progress. More Islamic extremists keep killing themselves as Islam is no longer evolutionary stable. It's imploding. The world is suffering Stockholm syndrome as the west tries to resuscitate that 2 billion chunk of homosapiens stuck with the Islam meme. We all recognize the deep problem of Islamic extremism yet are scared to say it out load. They tell us Islam is a religion of peace whilst being the single religion that outshines every other faith in religious violence. Submitted November 08, 2023 at 02:51PM by Punjabi-Batman (From Reddit https://ift.tt/EA9aszI)

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Dozens dead after blast in Pakistan at a rally celebrating birthday of Islam's prophet

By Associated Press, 6:38pm Sep 30, 2023

A powerful bomb exploded in a crowd of people celebrating the Prophet Muhammad's birthday in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 52 people and wounding nearly 70 others, authorities said. It was one of the deadliest attacks in recent years.

TV footage and videos on social media showed an open area near a mosque strewn with the shoes of the dead and wounded. Some of the bodies had been covered with bedsheets. Residents and rescuers were seen rushing the wounded to hospitals, where a state of emergency had been declared and appeals were being issued for blood donations.

The bombing occurred in Mastung, a district in Baluchistan province, which has witnessed scores of attacks by insurgents. However, the militants normally target the security forces. The Pakistan Taliban have repeatedly said that they do not target places of worship or civilians.

TV footage and videos on social media showed an open area near a mosque strewn with the shoes of the dead and wounded. (AP)

Around 500 people had gathered for a procession from the mosque to celebrate the birth of the prophet, known as Mawlid an-Nabi, an occasion marked by rallies and the distribution of free meals.

Some of the wounded were in a critical condition, government administrator Atta Ullah said. Thirty bodies were taken to one hospital and 22 were counted at another, Abdul Rasheed, the District Health Officer in Mastung, said.

A senior police officer, Mohammad Nawaz, was among the dead, Ullah said. Officers were investigating whether the bombing was a suicide attack, he added.

Friday's bombing came days after authorities asked police to remain on maximum alert, saying militants could target rallies for Mawlid an-Nabi.

Also Friday, a blast ripped through a mosque located on the premises of a police station in Hangu, a district in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing at least two people and wounding seven, said Shah Raz Khan, a local police officer.

He said the mud-brick mosque collapsed because of the impact of the blast and rescuers were pulling worshippers from the rubble. Police say it was not immediately clear what caused the blast.

A boy injured by the explosion receives treatment at a hospital in Mastung near Quetta, Pakistan. (AP)

No one claimed responsibility for the blast in Hangu, and the cause was unclear. About 40 people were praying at the mosque at the time, most of them police officers.

Pakistan's President Arif Alvi condemned the attacks and asked authorities to provide all possible assistance to the wounded and the victims' families.

In a statement, caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti denounced the bombing, calling it a "heinous act" to target people in the Mawlid an-Nabi procession.

Youngsters in traditional dress take part in a ceremony celebrating the birthday of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP)

The government had declared Friday a national holiday. President Alvi and caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul-haq-Kakar in separate messages had called for unity and for people to adhere to the teachings of Islam's prophet.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for Friday's bombing, but Pakistani Taliban quickly distanced themselves from it. Known at Tehreek-e-Taliban, or TTP, the Pakistani Taliban is separate from the Afghan Taliban but closely allied to the group which seized power in neighbouring Afghanistan in August 2021 as US and NATO troops were in the final stages of their pullout from the country after 20 years of war.

The Islamic State group has claimed previous deadly attacks in Baluchistan and elsewhere.

Also Friday, the military said two soldiers were killed in a shootout with Pakistani Taliban after insurgents tried to sneak into southwestern district of Zhob in Baluchistan province. Three militants were killed in the exchange, a military statement said.

The gas-rich southwestern Baluchistan province at the border of Afghanistan and Iran has been the site of a low-level insurgency by Baluch nationalists for more than two decades. Baluch nationalists initially wanted a share of provincial resources, but they later launched an insurgency calling for independence.

Muslims chant religious slogans during a rally celebrating the birthday of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (AP)

Friday's bombing was one of the worst in Pakistan in the last decade. In 2014, 147 people, mostly schoolchildren, were killed in a Taliban attack on an army-run school in the northwestern city of Peshawar.

In February, more than 100 people, mostly policemen, died in a bombing at a mosque inside a high-security compound housing Peshawar police headquarters. In January, 74 people were killed in a bombing at a mosque in Peshawar. And in July, at least 54 people were killed when a suicide bomber dispatched by an Afghan branch of the Islamic State group targeted an election rally by a pro-Taliban party in northwest Pakistan.

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By Saleem AhmedQUETTA (Reuters) - The death toll from a large blast at a mosque in Pakistan rose to 59 on Saturday as the government vowed to find the perpetrators and accused India's intelligence agency of being involved.Friday's blast tore through a mosque in Mastung in the southern province of Balochistan after a bomber detonated his explosives near a police vehicle where people were gathering for a procession to mark the birthday of the Prophet Mohammad.Pakistani officials have long claimed that India sponsors violent groups in Pakistan - claims India has always denied."Civil, military and all other institutions will jointly strike against the elements involved in the Mastung suicide bombing," interior minister Sarfaraz Bugti told media in Balochistan's capital, Quetta."RAW is involved in the suicide attack," he added, referring to India's Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) intelligence agency. He did not provide details or evidence on the alleged involvement.India's foreign ministry and a government spokesperson did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Wasim Baig, the spokesman for Balochistan's health department, said seven more people had died in hospital since Friday, which had caused the rise in the death toll, adding that more patients remained in critical condition.A second attack on Friday at a mosque in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had killed at least 5 people. Police on Saturday filed a report to launch an investigation, saying they had sent DNA from the suicide bomb attacker to be analysed.No group has claimed responsibility for either attack. A surge in militant attacks in Pakistan's western provinces has cast a shadow on election preparations and public campaigning in the run-up to January's national vote, but until now the attacks had mostly targeted security forces.The Pakistani Taliban (TTP), responsible for some of the bloodiest attacks in Pakistan since the group's formation in 2007, denied responsibility for Friday's blasts.(Reporting by Saleem Ahmed in Quetta; Additional reporting by Saud Mehsud; Writing by Charlotte Greenfield; Editing by Giles Elgood)

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Mass Suicide Bombings At Two Mosques In Pakistan. 60 Dead, 100 Injured (graphic)

#Hangu Blast #UPDATE: At least four people were martyred and 12 others were injured in a blast inside a masjid in Hangu area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province #Pakistan. Many people still under the Rubble , As Per officials Two suicide bombers and an explosion laden vehicle was intercepted on the gate of the police mosque in Doaba, “one of the bombers was neutralised on the gate” when he tried to enter the mosque, during which the second suicide bomber exploded in the mosque after entering it. kill four worshippers Source: Ghulam Abbas Shah Four Pakistan army soldiers killed and 5 more critically injured in an RPG attack by Taliban near Durand line in Zhob region. Source: WLVN Analysis A powerful explosion from a suicide bomber at a religious rally near a mosque in southwest Pakistan killed at least 52 people and wounded more than 50 others, the Dawn newspaper reported citing health officials. The blast took place in Mastung district of Balochistan province where people were gathering to celebrate the birthday of Prophet Muhammad, the paper reported. Balochistan region is a hot spot of militancy and borders Afghanistan and Iran. Source: Bloomberg  https://www.nairaland.com/7859611/mass-suicide-bombings-two-mosques Read the full article

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"Mysterious Blast Claims 59 Lives in Pakistan, with Government Pointing Fingers at India - Unveiling an Explosive Conspiracy"

The death toll in a major explosion at a mosque in Mastung, Pakistan has risen to 59, with the government vowing to arrest those responsible and accusing an Indian intelligence agency of involvement. The explosion occurred on Friday during a procession to commemorate the Prophet’s birthday, when an attacker blew himself up near a police car. Government officials have long accused India of…

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🇵🇰 💥 BREAKING: SUICIDE BLAST IN MASTUNG, PAKISTAN. AT LEAST 10 DEAD AND 40 INJURED

A suicide bomber shook both the ground and the population of the Balochistan Province district of Mastung, Pakistan Friday morning after setting off an explosion that killed at least 52 and injured another 70 people.

As many as 500 people were gathered outside a Mosque in the Balochistan Province of southwestern Pakistan when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of a crowd of people celebrating Mawlid an-Nabi, or the birth of the Profit Mohammed.

What should have been a celebratory day spent with family, friends and neighbors was instead marked by one of the deadliest attacks in months in the troubled Balochistan region.

Although no one has yet claimed responsibility for the deadly attack, the suspicion of authorities is that the bombing was likely conducted by the Pakistan offshoot of Daesh, or the Islamic State. Allegedly IS was responsible for a smaller attack just days ago in the same region after one of its commanders was killed.

According to local authorities, at least one senior Police officer, Mohammed Nawaz, was killed in the blast, and children were among the wounded, with video emerging of young boys wrapped up in bloody bandages.

Another blast that also occured on Friday on the premises of a police station in Hangu, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan killed 5 and wounded another 7 according to Shah Raz Khan, a local police officer.

The bombings come just days after local authorities warned citizens to remain vigilant, concerned that Militants could target public crowds on Mawlid an-Nabi.

The Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban, or TTP, which has waged a campaign of violence that normally targets government offices and security targets, denied responsibility for the attacks in Mastung and Hangu.

Pakistan's acting Interior Minister, Sarfraz Bugti called the bombing in Mastung a "heinous act" to target families on Mawlid an-Nabi, “The attack on innocent people who came to participate in the procession of Eid Milad-un-Nabi is a very heinous act."

US Ambassador to Pakistan, Donald Blome, issued a statement Friday saying, “The Pakistani people deserve to gather and celebrate their faith without the fear of terror attacks like the ones today in Balochistan and KP."

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PAKISTAN: Hospital crowded after at least 52 people killed in suicide bombing [PHOTOS]

At least 52 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in a Pakistani town near the border with Afghanistan. The blast near a mosque in Mastung, in the Balochistan province, came as people were observing a public holiday marking the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. People were reportedly gathering in the area for a procession to celebrate the occasion. Local health officials have said…

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[ad_1] A suicide bombing in Pakistan killed at least 52 people and injured more than 50 on Friday at a religious gathering to mark the birthday of Prophet Muhammad in a restive province bordering Afghanistan, health officials and police said.No group has claimed responsibility for the blasts, which come amid a surge in attacks by militant groups in Pakistan, raising the stakes for security forces ahead of national elections scheduled for January next year.Hours after the suicide blast in the Mastung district in Baluchistan province, another blast ripped through a mosque in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province which also borders Afghanistan, officials said, killing at least two people.The mosque's roof collapsed in that blast, local broadcaster Geo News reported, adding that about 30 to 40 people were trapped under the rubble.No immediate claimPakistan has seen a resurgence of attacks by Islamist militants since last year when a ceasefire broke down between the government and the Pakistan Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an umbrella organization of various hardline Sunni Islamist groups.The TTP, which has carried out some of the bloodiest attacks inside Pakistan since its formation in 2007, denied that it had carried out Friday's attack in Baluchistan.Men and paramedic staff transfer a man who was injured in a blast in Mastung, from an ambulance outside a hospital in Quetta. (Reuters)The Islamic State group has also carried out previous attacks in the province.At least 58 people were wounded in the Baluchistan blast, said Abdul Rasheed, a district health official, adding that the toll could rise as many people were in a serious condition.Television footage of the attack's aftermath showed hundreds of people helping the injured into ambulances."The bomber detonated himself near the vehicle of the deputy superintendent of police," Munir Ahmed, the deputy inspector general of police, told Reuters.In July, more than 40 people were killed in a suicide bombing in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province at a religious political party's gathering. [ad_2]