Summary
A bomb attack at a mosque near a police headquarters in Kohat, Pakistan, killed at least 15 people and injured over 50 during Friday prayers. The explosion came from a car filled with explosives crashing into the mosque entrance, with no group immediately saying they carried out the attack.Key Facts
- The attack happened at a mosque near police headquarters in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, near the Afghan border.
- At least 15 people were killed and more than 50 injured; some injured are in critical condition.
- The bomb was inside a car that was driven into the mosque's entrance as people were praying.
- No group has claimed responsibility yet.
- Two groups, ISIL’s local branch and Pakistani Taliban (TTP), operate in the region and often attack security forces.
- Violence has increased in Pakistan’s border areas with Afghanistan in recent years.
- Pakistan accuses Afghanistan’s Taliban government of letting militants use Afghan land to plan attacks; Afghanistan denies this.
- There have been cross-border attacks between Pakistan and Afghanistan in recent months.
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