50 killed in Pakistan mosque suicide attack
Peshawar, Dec 21: At least 50 people were killed and hundred others injured in a suicide attack in Charsadda town of Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) today, district police chief Feroz Shah told the mediapersons.
The
bomber
blew
himself
up
in
the
midst
of
Eid-ul-Azha
prayers
in
a
mosque,
located
inside
compound
of
former
Interior
Minister
Aftab
Ahmad
Khan
Sherpao,
who
escaped
unhurt.
''The
bomber
was
standing
in
the
second
row
of
the
faithful
and
blew
himself
up
in
the
midst
of
the
prayers,''
a
local
police
official
Khalid
Jan
told
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Story first published: Friday, December 21, 2007, 12:47 [IST]