PESHAWAR: The death toll from the attack on a mosque in Peshawar’s Koocha Risaldar area a day earlier rose to 62 on Saturday after five of the injured succumbed to their wounds, a spokesperson for the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) confirmed.
On Friday, 57 people, including a policeman, lost their lives and 194 others were injured when a suicide attacker detonated himself inside the mosque located in Peshawar’s old city neighborhood.
In a statement issued today, LRH spokesperson Muhammad Asim said 37 of those injured are admitted to the hospital, of whom five are in the intensive care unit (ICU) in critical condition.
Another injured person has been discharged, he added.
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Meanwhile, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police and investigation agencies have identified all three suspects connected to the attack and closed in on them.
In a video message shared on Twitter, Ahmed said the police and investigation agencies had done a “splendid” job, adding that police would reach those suspects in one or two days.
