The United Nations Organization (UN) repudiated the attack with explosives in a mosque in a police station in Pakistan that left 61 dead and 150 injured, a conflict in which the authorities declared maximum alert at the national level.
“UN Secretary General António Guterres strongly condemned the suicide bombing that took place at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan, earlier today,” his spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, told reporters.
“It is particularly disgusting that such an attack occurred at a place of worship,” the organization said in a statement.
The Middle Eastern country was shocked after at least 61 people were killed and 150 wounded in an explosion at a mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern Peshawar police headquarters near the border with Afghanistan.
According to the authorities, the explosion occurred during a prayer inside the mosque, which is located in a compound that also houses the headquarters of intelligence agencies. Following the events, a maximum alert was declared throughout the country.
“Many police officers are buried under the rubble,” lamented Peshawar Police Chief Muhammad Ijaz Khan, who estimates that 300-400 officers used to attend prayers at the mosque.
In the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, snipers were placed to protect some buildings and at access points.
“The terrorists want to create fear by hitting those who have the task of defending Pakistan,” Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said in a statement.
The events occurred the same day that the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed ben Zayed Al Nahyan, was scheduled to visit Ismabad, but his transfer was canceled late Monday after the rains.
With information from Deutsche Welle