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Peshawar mosque bombing death toll rises to at least 44
Monday’s massive explosion at a mosque in Peshawar has left at least 44 worshipers dead and over 150 injured.
Police said most of the worshipers were police, army and bomb disposal unit members and that a suicide bomber detonated his explosives while inside the mosque.
Hours after the explosion, rescue workers were still digging through rubble in search of survivors after a large section of the double-story building collapsed.
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility.
A senior police officer told local media that the entire roof of the mosque had caved in, and the mosque was likely full as it was the first day of the working week.
While some say the mosque can take a couple of hundred people, Peshawar police said it was likely that about 260 people had been inside the mosque when the suicide bomber detonated his explosives.