At least 48 people have been killed in a mosque in northwestern Pakistan after a suicide bomber blew himself up during Friday prayers.The top administrator in the Khyber region, Tariq Hayat, said he feared the death toll could rise to 70.
Officials say the attack was a suicide bombing and the mosque has collapsed.
North-west Pakistan has witnessed a number of suicide attacks linked to the Taleban insurgency and also to the Shia-Sunni sectarian divide.
The attack in Jamrud occurred during Friday prayers.More than 70 people have been hurt.
Rescuers are at the scene digging through the rubble for survivors, Bakhtiar Khan, a local government official, told Associated Press news agency.
The mosque was next to a tribal police checkpoint, says the BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad, and was crowded with about 250 worshippers, including many police. Television pictures showed that the mosque had been blown to pieces.
Courtesy: BBC News
Officials say the attack was a suicide bombing and the mosque has collapsed.
North-west Pakistan has witnessed a number of suicide attacks linked to the Taleban insurgency and also to the Shia-Sunni sectarian divide.
The attack in Jamrud occurred during Friday prayers.More than 70 people have been hurt.Rescuers are at the scene digging through the rubble for survivors, Bakhtiar Khan, a local government official, told Associated Press news agency.
The mosque was next to a tribal police checkpoint, says the BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad, and was crowded with about 250 worshippers, including many police. Television pictures showed that the mosque had been blown to pieces.
Courtesy: BBC News
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