A day after the deadly mosque attack in Pakistan claimed by a Daesh affiliate, officials vowed Saturday to hunt down and arrest the masterminds behind it. The attack killed 63 people and wounded nearly 200.
Daesh said in a statement the lone suicide bomber was from neighboring Afghanistan. He shot two police guarding the Shiite Muslim mosque in northwest Peshawar before entering inside and exploding his device, it said. The attack took place as worshipers knelt in Friday prayer. The Daesh affiliate, known as Daesh in Khorasan Province, is headquartered in eastern Afghanistan.
The Taliban rulers in Afghanistan, who have been fighting the Daesh terrorist group, condemned the attack. Daesh has proven to be the Taliban’s greatest security threat since sweeping into power last August.
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