Three killed, 24 hurt in another mosque attack in Pak's tribal region

Peshawar, Nov 6 (ANI): Three people were killed and 24 others injured in another terror attack on a mosque in Pakistan's tribal region on Friday.

According to police sources, unidentified assailants attacked a mosque with three hand-grenades in Suleman Khel area of Badhber during Isha prayers, The News reported.

Dozens of people were present in the mosque at the time of the attack, sources said.

Area residents had been shifting the wounded to hospitals on self-help basis, while police have cordoned off the area, sources added.

The attack came hours after a suicide bomber struck a mosque frequented by anti-Taliban tribal elders in Darra Adam Khel, a nearby region, killing at least 50 people in one of the deadliest attacks in Pakistan this year. (ANI)