Pakistan blames ‘security lapse’ as mosque suicide blast death toll rises to 100

A suicide bombing that killed dozens of police officers at a mosque in a government compound in north-west Pakistan reflects ‘security lapses’, officials said (Muhammad Zubair/AP)

A suicide bombing that killed dozens of police officers at a mosque in a government compound in north-west Pakistan reflects “security lapses”, officials have said.

The blast, which ripped through a Sunni mosque inside a major police facility in the city of Peshawar, was one of the deadliest attacks on Pakistani security forces in recent years.