PESHAWAR: Seven police personnel including Superintendent of Police (SP) and 10 others martyred in a suicide explosion in a Masjid located inside an old police lines in Kohat.
According to police, the martyred personnel include an SP rank officer Akbar Shinwari Inspector FRP Ishtiaq, Fahim of the FRP, operator to SP FRP Farid, driver Samiullah, CTD official Asmatullah and Abdul Wahab.
The other victims also included a four-year-old child and several unidentified people.
District Headquarters Hospital Kohat Medical Superintendent Dr Tahir Ali Shah told that 73 injured people were being treated at the hospital, while 15 critically injured persons had been referred to Peshawar.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General of Police Zulfiqar Hameed told the media that, according to initial reports, a vehicle laden with explosives rammed into the old Police Lines, causing the Masjid’s building to collapse.
According to the KP Police spokesperson, about seven armed militants attempted to enter the Police Lines following the blast. Police and the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) engaged the attackers, resulting in an exchange of gunfire.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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