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Post by sevenofnine on Jan 30, 2023 15:00:42 GMT -5
Breaking earlier this monring while we were all asleep Dozens killed in Pakistan mosque blast Dozens of people have been killed in a bomb attack targeting a mosque in a security compound in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, a hospital official said. Muhammed Asim, a spokesperson for the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, told Al Jazeera that at least 59 people were killed and 157 others were wounded in the blast Siddique Khan, a police official, said the attacker blew himself up while among the worshippers. Sarbakaf Mohmand, a commander for the Pakistan Taliban (Tehreek-e-Taliban, or TTP), claimed responsibility for the attack on Twitter. The main spokesman for the armed group was not immediately available for comment. The mosque is located inside a highly fortified compound that includes the headquarters of the provincial police force and a counterterrorism department. www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/30/peshawar-pakistan-mosque-explosion-casualties
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