PESHAWAR: The Police Chief of Peshawar claims to have made ‘major arrests’ in connection with Monday bombing of a Mosque, located in Red Zone Police Lines, claiming lives of 101 people and injuring more than 200.
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Talking to British news agency, Peshawar police chief Ijaz Khan said police are investigating how the suicide bomber entered the highly-secured police area, and could not rule out internal assistance to carry out the attack.
It is pertinent to mention here that the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has distanced itself from the bombing.
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Meanwhile, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department in a statement issued on Wednesday said that the death toll in the attack has increased to 101 after another injured person succumbed to his wounds.
