18-11-2024 09:24 AM Jerusalem Timing

Pakistan Church Attack Kills at Least 60

Pakistan Church Attack Kills at Least 60

Two suicide bombers Sunday killed at least 60 people and wounded more than 120 at a church in the restive northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials said.

pakistanTwo suicide bombers Sunday killed at least 60 people and wounded more than 120 at a church in the restive northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials said.

"The death toll has risen to 60 and there are more than 120 wounded," Doctor Sher Ali, deputy medical superintendent of Peshawar's main Lady Reading Hospital, said.

Another hospital official and a senior administration official confirmed the death toll.

Grieving relatives blocked the main Grand Trunk road highway with bodies of the victims to protest against the killings.

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif strongly condemned the bombings.

"Terrorists have no religion and targeting innocent people is against the teachings of Islam and all religions," he said in a statement.

Sharif said such "cruel acts of terrorism reflect the brutality and inhumane mindset of the terrorists."