Bombing at Mosque Near Police Offices in Pakistan Kills at Least 7 and Wounds More than 30
Police said the blast injured more than 50 people and left the mosque’s outer wall damaged, while rescue teams moved victims to nearby hospitals.
- On Friday, September 18, 2026, a vehicle laden with explosives rammed a mosque near the Old Police Lines in Kohat, killing at least 16 people, including five police officers, and wounding over 50 others, officials said.
- Government raids in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa between Tuesday and Thursday killed 10 militants linked to the Pakistani Taliban, potentially prompting retaliatory violence in a region where terror groups frequently target security forces.
- As armed gunmen attempted to enter the compound, Rescue 1122 teams mobilized and exchanged fire with police, while the explosion caused the mosque's roof to collapse, trapping worshippers in rubble.
- Provincial Police Chief Zulfiqar Hameed confirmed the casualties while authorities declared an emergency at the District Headquarters Hospital to treat the wounded, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the violence in an official statement.
- Authorities investigate potential involvement by the Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan, a splinter faction formed in April last year, as the attack mirrors the 2023 Peshawar mosque bombing that killed 101 people.
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A vehicle bomb attack on a mosque in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least 16 people, including five police officers. Conflicts at the site of the attack are still ongoing.
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