Bomb blast reported in Jamrud Jama Masjid

[air marshal]

KHYBER AGENCY: A Bomb blast has been reported in the Jamrud Jama Masjid in the Ghundgai area. - AFP

 

[Devil Soul]

20 killed, 100 injured in Jamrud mosque explosion
Updated 19 minutes ago

JAMRUD: At least twenty people have been killed as a result of a blast targeting a mosque located in the Jamrud Tehsil of the Khyber Agency Friday while more than 100 are injured, Geo News reported.

The blast took place after Friday prayers and according to the local administration, the bomb was planted in the mosque.

The intensity of the blast is not yet known but major damage has been caused to the mosque. Rescue efforts are underway to recover those trapped underneath the rubble.
20 killed, 100 injured in Jamrud mosque explosion

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Update: as per Express Tv atleast 50 people are dead and 100 injured ... it was a suicide attack

 

[xTra]

RIP to innocent peoples killed.

 

[xLancex]

RIP to the fallen.

 

[President Camacho]

30 killed, over 70 injured in mosque blast in Pakistan


ISLAMABAD, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- At least 30 people were killed and over 70 others injured when a huge blast ripped through a mosque in northwest Pakistan Friday afternoon, reported local Urdu TV channel Express.

According to the local media reports, the blast took place at about 2:00 a.m. local time Friday in a mosque at the Ghondi area of Jamrud, a district in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of Khyber Agency which borders Afghanistan.

Hundreds of people were offering Friday prayers inside the mosque when the explosion occurred, said local media reports.

Some reports said over 100 people were inside the mosque hit by the blast while others put the number at 500 to 700 people.

The entire building of the mosque collapsed following the blast, according to the reports.

Local TV channel Geo quoted eyewitnesses said that the blast was a planted bomb attack, but the report is not officially confirmed.

 

[majesticpankaj]

Rest in Peace...

 

[rai_kamal]

Very sad...RIP for innocents killed..

 

[Areesh]

Very said incident. RIP to the dead people.

 

[S.M.R]

These are muslims.... followers of Islam.. he must have said 'Ya Allah Khair' or 'Allah o Akbar' just before blowing himself.... he must be lying in lap of a 'hoor'....

Fcuk them all till death.

 

[Paan Singh]

why they target mosque??

 

[S.M.R]

why they target mosque??

Bcaz they will blow up those mosques which do not air the message of 'Jihaad'...

Fcuking non sense Animals....

 

[Paan Singh]

sorry to their families,childrens,womens....
unforgotten incident for all of them..

 

[Prometheus]

Rip the dead

 

[Areesh]

These are muslims.... followers of Islam.. he must have said 'Ya Allah Khair' or 'Allah o Akbar' just before blowing himself.... he must be lying in lap of a 'hoor'....

Fcuk them all till death.

FATA is paying the price of bordering the area with Afghanistan. Most of these suicide bast@rds are somehow linked with Afghanistan.

 

[S.M.R]

FATA is paying the price of bordering the area with Afghanistan. Most of these suicide bast@rds are somehow linked with Afghanistan.

These animals come from Afghanistan no doubts... thats why I always support securing our border with Afghanistan, btw what US / Nato has done during a decade in A'stan? They unable to control the animals, they should move their ar$e back to their country.