Security personnel stand guard outside the police headquarters after a blast in Peshawar on January 30, 2023. (Photo by Abdul Majeed / AFP)
Peshawar: An explosion took place at a mosque, where a large number of people had gathered for prayer, in the northwestern city of Peshawar in Pakistan on Monday, a police official told Reuters.
"A portion of the building had collapsed and several people are believed to be under it," police official Sikandar Khan said.
Mohammad Asim, a spokesman for the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, said they had received 70 injured, some of them in critical condition.
