At least two civilians, including a two-year-old child, were martyred and 10 others injured in a suicide blast near a mosque in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district on Friday, police said.
According to police, a motorcycle-borne suicide attacker attempted to enter a mosque in the Khairokhel Pakka area during Friday prayers. However, members of a local peace committee opened fire on the suspect before he could reach the mosque.
Police said the firing triggered an explosion in the explosives-laden motorcycle, killing the attacker and causing a powerful blast near the mosque.
A 22-year-old man and a two-year-old child were martyred in the incident, while 10 other people, including children, sustained injuries.
At the time of the explosion, worshippers were offering Friday prayers inside the mosque, police added.
The blast also set the motorcycle and the suicide attacker on fire.
