Peshawar: 5 killed, 20 injured as blast rocks mosque

At least 5 people have been killed while 20 others injured when a bomb blast ripped through a mosque at Pishtakharra, Peshawar, Dunya News reported on Friday.Several people had been offering the Juma prayers when the explosion occurred. Police said that 1.5kg explosives were used in the bomb. According to initial reports, the bomb was planted at the mosque's verandah. Police and rescue teams have reached the place and kicked off the relief activities.The injured are being shifted to the nearby hospitals.Increase in number of casualties is feared due to high intensity of blast.Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain has confirmed that some three people have been killed while 20 others got severely injured in the explosion.Mian Iftikhar termed the terrorists act a reaction against the ongoing military offensive in the northern parts of the country, adding that such nasty incidents would continue to occur till the complete flushing out of the terrorists.