location: Peshawar
notes: On 13 Feb, security personnel exchanged fire with three militants who stormed a Shia mosque with grenades, guns and suicide vest during afternoon prayer service in Hayatabad town, a suburb of Peshawar (Peshawar district, KP). Reportedly the militants hurled hand grenades before entering the mosque, then opened fire and one of the militants detonated his suicide vest. Two of the militants were later killed in the exchange of fire with security personnel. 19 people attending afternoon prayer service, including a national UN staff member, were killed in the incident and at least 41 others were injured. Three of the injured succumbed to their injuries on 15 February (total fatality count 25). Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan have claimed responsibility.
target_text: location: Peshawar, fatalities: 25