KUWAIT CITY, Sept 29:  At least five people, including a policeman, were killed while 12 others were injured in a twin suicide attack targeting a mosque inside police lines in Pakistan's northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province bordering Afghanistan on Friday, said officials. District Police Officer Nisar Ahmed told the media that the mosque situated inside the Doaba Police Lines, in Hangu district of KPK was targeted by two suicide attackers.

The first one was killed at the gate of the police lines while trying to gain entry and the second managed to enter the mosque and blew himself up inside. The official confirming the toll said that the dead included a policeman while two policemen were injured in the firefight. The attackers arrived in a private vehicle and were engaged by police personnel on guard duty. Heavy machinery was called to aid in rescue efforts as the force of the explosion caused the roof of the mosque to cave in. Security forces cordoned off the area and rescue teams immediately shifted the injured to the nearest medical facility. An emergency was declared in the hospitals where some of the injured were reported to be in critical condition. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the blast.

Earlier, the death toll resulting from a suicide bombing during a religious procession in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Friday reached 52, with more than 50 individuals sustaining injuries, according to officials. District Health Officer (DHO) Abdul Rasheed Shahi, a senior official, confirmed these tragic figures in a statement to the media. The incident occurred when a suicide bomber detonated explosives near a police vehicle in Mastung district. The injured were promptly transported to the nearest medical facility, with over 20 critically wounded individuals transferred to Quetta city for urgent medical care. In response to the crisis, an emergency was declared in hospitals throughout the province.

Police authorities verified that Deputy Superintendent Police Nawaz Gishkori was among the casualties. The explosion transpired as a procession, consisting of hundreds of people departing from the Madina mosque, reached Al Falah road. Mastung Deputy Commissioner Abdul Razzaq Sasoli provided this account. In the aftermath of the incident, security measures were heightened across Pakistan, with law enforcement placed on high alert. Although no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, the banned organization Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) quickly distanced itself from it.

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has sent a cable to Pakistani President Dr. Arif Alvi expressing wholehearted condolences on the suicidal blast that happened in Baluchistan in southwestern Pakistan, claiming a large number of lives and injuring many people. His Highness the Amir affirmed the State of Kuwait's robust condemnation of this abhorrent terrorist act that took the lives of the innocent, in contradiction to all beliefs and humanitarian values. His Highness the Amir prayed to the souls of the victims and wished the wounded quick recovery and well-being.

His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has sent a cable to Pakistani President Dr. Arif Alvi expressing wholehearted condolences on the suicidal blast that happened in Baluchistan in southwestern Pakistan, claiming a large number of lives and injuring many people. His Highness the Crown Prince prayed for the souls of the victims and wished the wounded quick recovery.

His Highness Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah has sent a cable to Pakistani President Dr. Arif Alvi expressing wholehearted condolences on the suicidal blast that happened in Baluchistan in southwestern Pakistan. (KUNA)