Sher Ali Khan, a doctor at a hospital in the city of Peshawar where the attack occurred Sunday, says the blast also wounded over 70 people.
Police officer Mohammad Noor Khan says the bomber struck as worshippers were coming out of services at the church in the city’s Kohati Gate district. He said the attacker’s severed legs were found.
Hard-line militants have been blamed for previous attacks on Pakistan’s Christian minority, as well as Muslim groups they consider heretics.
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Officials say a suicide bomber has attacked a historic church in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least 25 people.
Policeman Mohammad Noor Khan says the bomber struck as worshippers were coming out of Sunday services at the church in the city’s Kohati Gate district. He said the attacker’s severed legs were found.
Peshawar commissioner Sahibzada Anees says another 45 were wounded in the blast.
Hard-line militants have been blamed for previous attacks on Pakistan’s Christian minority, as well as Muslim groups they consider heretics.
