Peshawar

At least 30 people were killed and some 50 others injured after a blast went off inside a Shia mosque in Pakistan's Peshawar city, police said.

Police said the blast occurred inside the mosque located in the city's Kocha Risaldar area during Friday prayers.

Rescue teams, police and security forces have reached the site and shifted the injured to a nearby hospital.

No group or individual has claimed the attack so far. GeoTV has released the following video on the attack on Twitter:

At least 30 worshippers have lost their lives and more than 50 have been injured in a suicide bomb attack during Friday prayers at a mosque in Qissa Khwani bazaar in the Kocha Risaldar area of Peshawar on Friday.#GeoNews #Peshawar pic.twitter.com/RQosMYk0Z3

— Geo English (@geonews_english) March 4, 2022

According to Dawn newspaper of Pakistan, with hospital officials told reporters that at least 30 bodies were brought to the Lady Reading Hospital of the city.

The dead include Peshawar one police official.

According to initial reports, two attackers tried to enter a mosque in the city's Qissa Khwani Bazaar and fired at the policemen standing guard. As a result, the targeted policeman died and another was critically injured.

Following the attack, two explosions occurred inside the mosque where worshippers had gathered for Friday prayers.

Media reported there was total chaos in the Lady Reading Hospital Emergency department, with doctors struggling to move the injured to the operating theatres for surgeries.

Prime Minister Imran Khan has strongly condemned the attack and directed provision of immediate medical treatment to the injured, his office said in a statement.

Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid also condemned the attack, saying he had directed the provincial chief secretary and inspector general of police to submit a report.