PESHAWAR: A police official was martyred when a suicide bomber detonated his suicide vest inside a mosque in Jamrud Tehsil of Khyber District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, a police officer said.
According to SHO Jamrud, Gul Wali, the blast occurred in the Ali Masjid area of the Khyber tribal district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Additional SHO, Adnan Afridi, who was part of the police team that was following the suicide bomber, was martyred in the blast. Initial investigations revealed that it was a suicide blast.
Peshawar Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Ashfaq Anwar told the media that the police party had reached the Ali Masjid area after receiving information about the presence of suspected individuals in the vicinity. The suspects fled upon seeing the police party, and they entered the mosque during the police chase, where Adnan Afridi was martyred. CCPO Anwar claimed that one of the assailants of the suicide bomber has been arrested, and an investigation is underway to determine the actual target of the attackers.
TTP Terrorists Attacks in Northwest Pakistan
It is worth noting that in the last 10 to 12 months, attacks on different government officials and installations, particularly on police personnel, have increased in the country, especially in KP. TTP (Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan) terrorists have targeted two mosques in the past seven months, including the under-construction Ali Mosque in Landi Kotal. Adnan Afridi’s brave actions foiled the terrorists’ attempt to enter the mosque in Landi Kotal.
The incident marks the second mosque martyred by TTP terrorists in the last seven months. The previous attack targeted the mosque at Police Lines Peshawar while worshipers were offering prayers. TTP terrorists have also previously violated the sanctity of the Holy Quran. These heinous acts expose TTP terrorists as the real enemies of the country, nation, and religion, despite claiming to act in the name of Islam and Sharia.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari strongly condemned the attack and paid rich tributes to the martyred Adnan Afridi.
