PESHAWAR: Special Investigation Team of Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has arrested two suspects in connection to investigation of previous day’s blast in Qissa Khwani Bazar’s Kocha Risaldar area of the provincial metropolis of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to details, seven shells of 9MM pistol have been recovered from the place of the incident while police have also recorded statements of the injured.
Meanwhile, the station house officer (SHO) of Khan Raziq police station has written a letter to the CTD for registration of an FIR of the incident under murder, attempted murder and terrorism sections.
On the other hand, death toll in the devastating bombing inside a mosque in Kocha Risaldar area of Peshawar has risen to 57, with over 200 people injured.
The blast tore through the Kocha Risaldar area of the city moments before Friday prayers were to start, shattering the interior and showering the streets with broken glass.
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