A suicide bomber bombed himself inside a crowded mosque in a highly fortified security compound in Pakistan on Monday.
47 people were reportedly killed in the attack by suspected resurgent Islamist militants who were said to have been targeting police.
According to the police, the attacker appeared to have passed through several barricades manned by security forces to get into the “Red Zone” compound.
The compound houses police and counter-terrorism offices in the volatile northwestern city of Peshawar.
“It was a suicide bombing,” Peshawar Police Chief Ijaz Khan told Reuters.
He said at least 47 people were killed and 176 wounded, many of them critically.
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The attack is coming a day before an International Monetary Fund team embarks on a mission to Islamabad to initiate talks on unlocking funding for the South Asian economy hit by a balance of payment crisis.
An inquiry has been launched into how the attacker breached such an elite security cordon and whether there was any inside help.
