Taliban are blamed for this attack like for other terror strikes that had shaken the country over the past two weeks by claiming more than 150 lives in Peshawar, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Kohat amongst several other places.

Reports said the attacker appeared to be aiming at the heavily guarded police station with a 70-kg car bomb.  When guards outside tried to stop the car, the bomber detonated the explosives. The blast badly damaged the mosque as well as the police station.

"Police were the target," said Mian Iftikhar Hussain, Information Minister in the NWFP government. He said the bomber’s leg was found but it was not clear whether the attacker was a man or woman.

On Thursday, Oct 15, a car bomb killed a small child at a housing complex for government employees in Peshawar itself. On the same day, the militants launched coordinated attacks on three law enforcement compounds in Lahore, killing 19 people besides the nine attackers.

Initial investigations into the Lahore attacks showed Taliban from the Afghan border region and militants from Punjab were responsible.

And the tactics used in Lahore were reportedly similar to the terror strikes that had taken place in South Waziristan. The methods include using teams of gunmen carrying suicide vests.