Peshawar suicide attack suspect's severed head recovered by Rescue officials, 93 dead so far

The death toll in the blast in the mosque located in the Police Line area in Peshawar, Pakistan has increased to 93. Meanwhile, rescue officials have recovered the severed head of the suspect who carried out the suicide attack. Authorities believe the same person blew himself up during Zuhr prayer at the mosque.

Attacker's severed head recovered

Police officer Mohammad Ejaz Khan told Geo TV that the blast appeared to be a suicide attack and that the head of the suspected attacker was recovered from the scene in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Geo TV quoted him as saying that it was possible that the attacker was already present at the police line before the blast and may have used an official vehicle to enter. Khan said that the exact cause of the blast would be known after the rescue operation is over. 

93 people died in the attack

Police officials said the death toll from the bomb blast rose to 93, while 221 people were seriously injured. Apart from this, rescue operations are also going on to retrieve the remaining bodies trapped in the debris. 

The blast took place at around 1:40 pm

Let us tell you that there was a powerful explosion inside the mosque located in the Police Line area of ​​Peshawar during Namaz at around 1:40 pm. In which police, army and bomb disposal squad personnel were involved. All these people had come to the mosque to offer Zuhr prayer. Officials said a suicide bomber in the first line blew himself up. The explosion was so strong that the wall in front of the mosque collapsed and the roof fell on the worshippers. 

TTP took responsibility for the suicide attack

At the same time, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's acting chief minister Muhammad Azam Khan had announced a day of mourning in the province after the attack on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the suicide attack, saying it was a response to a revenge attack on TTP commander Umar Khalid Khurasani who was killed in Afghanistan last August. A police official said that a portion of the mosque had collapsed and several people were feared trapped under it.

TTP has been involved in many attacks

The TTP is believed to be close to Al-Qaeda. He has been blamed for several deadly attacks in Pakistan, including an attack on an army headquarters in 2009, and the 2008 Marriott Hotel bombing in Islamabad. Also in 2014, the Pakistani Taliban attacked the Army Public School (APS) in the northwestern city of Peshawar. In which at least 150 people including 131 students were dead.