Peshawar mosque blast: Live updates

< > Peshawar mosque blast: Live updates By Web Desk Published: January 16, 2014 Share this article Print this page Email . Express News screenshot showing the affected area inside the Tableeghi Markaz. Express News screenshot showing the affected area inside the Tableeghi Markaz. Express News screengrab of blast in Peshawar . PESHAWAR: A bomb explosion occurred at a Tableeghi Markaz on Charsadda Road in Peshawar while the routine religious gathering ‘Shab-e-Juma’ was in progress, Express News reported on Thursday. The blast occurred inside the main hall of the two-storey Ahle Sunnat mosque during Maghrib prayers. As of now, at least 7 people are currently understood to have died in the blast while over 50 are reported injured. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Live Updates …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7:47 pm Seven of the injured reported to be in a critical condition. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7:44 pm JI chief Munawar Hassan tweets: “I reiterate that we are strongly against the loss of innocent lives whether its due to American war on terror or other terrorist activities.” …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7:40 pm PTI leader Shireen Mazari says perpetrators of the blast are opposed to the negotiations with the Taliban. Mazari says this ‘third party’ wants to disrupt talks. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7:32 pm CCPO Ejaz Khan states that 7 people are now known to be dead, including a child. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7: 26 pm Participants at the Shab-e-Juma estimated at around 5, 000. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7: 25 pm PTI tweets: “Health Minister KPK Shaukat Yousufzai is present at Lady Reading Hospital to monitor the treatment and first aid given to the injured.” …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7: 21 pm The bomb was brought inside the mosque hidden in an individual’s bedding (people bring their own mattresses/sleeping bags for an overnight stay during ‘Shab-e-Juma’). …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7: 18 pm Chaudhry Nisar asks IG K-P for report on the blast. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7: 17 pm Reported number of people injured rises to 55. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7: 14 pm This is not the first time a Shab-e-Juma gathering has been attacked. A previous blast targeted people at a Swat centre of the Tableeghi Jamaat. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7: 09 pm People were observing Shab-e-Juma inside the Ahl-e-Sunnat mosque, a religious gathering routinely conducted on Thursday nights. The explosion occurred near pillar 79 in the main hall of the mosque, where foreign delegates usually stay. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7: 05 pm IG Khyber Pukhtunkhwa confirms the explosion occurred due to a timed device planted inside a ghee tin. The IG confirmed that at least 5kg of explosive material was used. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7: 00 pm Tahirul Qadri and Imran Khan condemn blast and express sympathy with the victims. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6: 50 pm The bomb was planted inside the Tableeghi Markaz. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6:41 pm Senior Awami National Party (ANP) leader Mian Iftikhar Hussain arrives at the scene and expresses his sympathies for the victims. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6:34 pm Six killed and at least 51 injured in blast. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6:23 pm Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief Minister Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak express their sympathies for the victims of the blast. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6:21 pm Number of people injured in blast rises to 24. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6:14 pm Four killed in the blast, reported Express News. Many of the injured are being taken to Lady Reading Hospital. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6:10 pm At least 20 people reportedly injured in attack. Thousands were in attendance at the Tableeghi Markaz. The injured are being transported to hospitals. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6:05 pm Blast heard in Tableeghi Markaz during Maghrib prayers. Security forces are on the way. This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.