At least four people were killed and 31 others injured late Sunday night when unidentified assailants threw two grenades into a movie theater in northwest Pakistan , police and medics said .
The attack on the Picture House cinema in Peshawar that occurred when about 90 people were watching the midnight film show " Ziddi Pakhtun " ( Stubborn Pashtun people ) , police said .
" At least four people were killed and 31 injured . Attackers threw two grenades and fled from the scene , " said Faisal Mukhtar , a senior police official , told AFP .
Many of the victims were injured due to overcrowding after the explosion , Mukhtar added .
Jamil Shah , a spokesman for Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar , said the three dead bodies and 31 injured victims had been taken to the hospital .
No group claimed responsibility for the attack , but police said the cinema halls in the city are already under threat .
Peshawar is a leading city of Pakistan in the fight against hard-line militants , who consider the film as a sin .
Pakistan hit by attacks suicide bombings and shootings that killed more than 5,200 people since government troops stormed a mosque that became a militant hideout in Islamabad in July 2007 .
Sectarian violence increased since Sunni militants deepened ties with al Qaeda and Taliban militants after Pakistan joined the US-led operation to crack down on militancy after the attacks 11 September 2001 in the U.S. .
Pakistan is also under international pressure to crush militants in the northwest and the tribal zone amid rising attacks against cross - border guerrilla international forces in Afghanistan .
U.S. officials wage war with drones against Taliban and Al-Qaeda commanders in northwest tribal belt , where militants hiding in the mountainous areas that are beyond the direct control of the Pakistani government .
American forces said the border area was used as a militant group to conduct the training , preparation and launch back strength attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan .
Islamabad urged an end to attacks drone , while Washington demanded Pakistan take decisive action to quell the terror network .
High anti -US sentiment in Pakistan , and the war against militancy that made the U.S. unpopular in Pakistan because of the perception that many civilians were killed by drone strikes aimed at militants along the border with Afghanistan and residents feel that it is a violation of the sovereignty of Pakistan .
Unmanned planes launched dozens of attacks on U.S. tribal areas of Pakistan since U.S. commandos killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in a covert operation in the town of Abbottabad , Pakistan , on May 2, 2011 .
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