Pakistani police investigating how a suicide bomber reached a mosque inside a highly fortified compound and killed over 100 people said on Wednesday the attacker may have had "internal assistance," and that several suspects had been arrested.
People and rescue workers gather to look for survivors under a collapsed roof, after a suicide blast in a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan January 30, 2023. REUTERS/ Fayaz Aziz
"We have found some excellent clues, and based on these clues we have made some major arrests," Peshawar Police Chief Ijaz Khan told Reuters. "We can't rule out internal assistance but since the investigation is still in progress, I will not be able to share more details."in a mosque that was purpose-built for the police and their families living in a highly fortified zone.
"How long will this injustice against us last?" one of the protesters, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, told reporters. Another group of policemen in Peshawar chanted: "We want peace."
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