Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, March 15 -- A bomb blast inside a mosque in South Waziristan during Friday prayers injured Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) district chief Abdullah Nadeem and three others, local police confirmed, as per a report by the Express Tribune.

The explosion occurred at Maulana Abdul Aziz Mosque on Azam Warsak Bypass Road, disrupting congregational prayers and causing panic among worshippers.

According to Police Officer Asif Bahader, the attack was carried out using an improvised explosive device (IED) that had been placed in the mosque's pulpit. The device detonated at approximately 1:45 pm, injuring multiple people. "In the explosion, Abdullah Nadeem, the district chief of JUI, was seriously wounded," he stated. "Three others, a...