Peshawar: Blast rocks mosque in Salman Khel, kills 4

A bomb blast has rocked a mosque in the area of Salman Khel near Badh Bir, Peshawar, Dunya News reported on Friday evening. According to the sources the blast occurred during the Isha prayers in a mosque in Salman Khel while many members of the Peace Jirga were also present in the mosque at the time of blast. Sources have revealed that more or less three hand grenades were thrown into the mosque.The magnitude of the blast was so immense that its voice was heard in a large surrounding area. The security agencies cordoned-off the area soon after the blast and restricted the movement of people near the mosque. According to the police sources, the nature of the blasts is yet to be identified. On the other hand rescue teams reached the mosque and started the rescue operation and shifted the injured to the nearby hospitals. According to reports, four people have been killed in the blast while the injured have been shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar. Earlier 67 people died while more or less 100 got injured when a suicide blast ripped through a mosque in Darra Adam Khel during Friday prayers. Tehreek-e-Taliban has claimed the responsibility of the blast. The blast occurred in a mosque of Akhorwal, an area of Darra Adam Khel, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to an eye witness, it was a suicide blast and the bomber blew himself up before the gate of the mosque. Whereas, companions of the bomber, who were outside the mosque, opened fire. The mosque was totally destroyed while nearby houses and buildings were been damaged in the blast. Relief activities were started immediately after the unfortunate incident and the injured were shifted to hospitals of Peshawar and Kohat. At least 50 injured were shifted to the Lady Reading hospital in Peshawar. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain confirmed that it was a suicide blast. He said that war against militants will be continued till the menace of terrorism is uprooted. He further said that these attacks can not demoralize us.Senior Minister Bashir Bilour said that suicide attackers cannot be Muslims or even human beings. He also condemned the blasts that claimed the lives of innocent people.