Kohat: At least 16 killed in assault on mosque in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

At least 16 folks, together with 5 law enforcement officials, have been killed after a car loaded with explosives rammed right into a mosque in north-western Pakistan, in line with a senior police official in Peshawar.

A gun battle remains to be ongoing between attackers and safety forces on the website within the Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

One of the assailants has reportedly been killed, an officer says, and a rescue operation is beneath manner.

In an announcement, Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari expressed “his finest needs for the swift restoration of these injured within the explosion.”