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Friday, March 4, 2011

Pakistan mosque blast 'kills five, wounds 25'

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A bomb that exploded inside a mosque during Friday prayers in northwestern Pakistan killed at least five people and wounded 25 others.

Police officer Abdul Hakim said the bomb in Nowshera had claimed five lives.
Jamil Shah, spokesman for the main Lady Reading hospital in Peshawar confirmed the toll.
"We have received five dead bodies and 25 injured,

Source: AFP