A suicide bomber blew himself up after walking into a mosque within a pro-Taliban seminary in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing a leading cleric and 5 other worshippers and wounding dozens of others ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan, according to regional police.The blast took place in Akora Khattak, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said district police chief Abdul Rashid.
He named Hamidul Haq, who is the head of a faction of the Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI) party, as being amongst the dead.
No group has actually instantly claimed responsibility, AP reported.Haq is the child of Maulana Samiul Haq, known as the daddy of the Taliban, who was killed in a knife attack at his home in 2018.
Haqs household validated he was killed in Fridays attack and interested his fans to stay tranquil.
He was also in charge of the Jamia Haqqania academy, where many Afghan Taliban had actually studied in the previous 2 decades.Zulfiqar Hameed, the provincial cops chief, stated more than a dozen policeman were protecting the mosque when the attack happened, and Haqs academy also had its own security.Pakistans Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the attack, which came ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which is expected to begin either on Saturday or Sunday subject to the sighting of the crescent moon.Yawar Zia, a policeman who was wounded in the attack, stated he was on a security duty at the seminary when the attack took place and splinters from the bomb hit him.
He was carried to the Qazi Hussain Ahmed Hospital by ambulance.After providing prayer, Hamidul Haq was leaving the mosque to go home and as he reached the primary gate, a powerful surge occurred, and I fell to the ground, losing consciousness, Zia stated from his medical facility bed.