The death toll from the deadly suicide bombing targeting a mosque inside the Peshawar police headquarters in northwestern Pakistan has climbed to 89, officials said Tuesday.
“At least 89 people lost their lives,” Ayaz Khan, a spokesperson for the local police, told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa).
Some 221 people were wounded in Monday’s suicide bombing in a crowded mosque located inside a high-security zone next to a police headquarters.
At least 10 of the wounded were in critical condition, a hospital spokesperson said.
Overnight, at least 10 bodies were recovered from the rubble of the mosque’s collapsed wall and roof.
“Majority of the victims, including clerical staff, were from the police,” Khan said.
The attack was one of the country’s deadliest in years and struck during afternoon prayers.
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