A bomb blast ripped through a mosque in South Waziristan during Friday prayers, injuring JUI district chief Abdullah Nadeem and three others, police said.
District Police Officer Asif Bahader told Dawn.com that an improvised explosive device (IED) blast occurred at 1:45 pm at Maulana Abdul Aziz Mosque on Azam Warsak Bypass Road, with the device planted in the mosque’s pulpit.
“In the explosion, Abdullah Nadeem, the district chief of JUI, was seriously wounded, while three others also sustained injuries,” he said.
Police have reached the District Headquarters Hospital as well as the blast site, where they are collecting evidence, he said.
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