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国际英语新闻:7 killed, 35 injured as blast hits mosuqe in Peshawar, Pakistan

2010-11-06来源:和谐英语

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- At least seven worshippers were killed in a bomb attack in a mosque near the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday night, police said.

A police officer said that some unidentified men threw three hand grenades inside the mosque during prayers at Badabher area, seven kilometers from downtown Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Police officer Ejaz Khan said that 35 people were injured in the attack. Some parts of the mosque were damaged in the blast.

No group claimed responsibility for the attack.

Witnesses said that some 70 persons were offering prayers in the mosque when the terrorists targeted the mosque.

It was the second mosque attack in Pakistan in a day. On Friday afternoon, a suicide bomber blew up himself in a mosque near Darra Adam Khel tribal region, some 30 kilometers from Peshawar, killing at least 67 and wounding over 90.