Prayer leader blows himself up in Charsadda mosque

Published May 23, 2015
The suspected militant blew up his suicide vest in a mosque, leaving four people injured, police said. -AFP/File
The suspected militant blew up his suicide vest in a mosque, leaving four people injured, police said. -AFP/File

CHARSADDA: A suspected militant was killed when he blew up his suicide vest in a mosque, leaving four people injured on Friday night, police said.

SHO Shabqadar Waliat Shah said that acting on information about the presence of a suspect in Saro Klay police cordoned off the area. When police spotted the suspect and tried to capture him he ran into the mosque where Isha prayer was in progress and blew himself up, he added.

The SHO said the man was later identified as Qari Naeem, the prayer leader at the mosque.

The injured were identified as Saad Fazal Rahim, who was leading the prayer at the time of the blast, Ihsan, Subhanullah and Zabihullah. They were taken to the district headquarters hospital.

A case has been registered and investigation is in progress.

Published in Dawn, May 23rd, 2015

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