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Pakistan mosque blast 'kills 15' | |
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A bomb has exploded at a religious gathering of Shia Muslims in north-eastern Pakistan, killing at least 15 people, police say. | |
Dozens of others were injured in the blast near the capital, Islamabad, officials said. | |
According to early reports, the explosion occurred outside a mosque in the Chakwal area of Punjab province. | According to early reports, the explosion occurred outside a mosque in the Chakwal area of Punjab province. |
It comes a day after eight paramilitary soldiers were killed in a suicide attack on an Islamabad security base. | |
"A suicide bomber blew himself up at the gates of Imambargah (mosque) where a religious gathering was taking place," police official Chaudhry Zulfiqar told AFP news agency. | |
He said police at the gate tried to stop the attacker going inside, where about 1,200 people had gathered. |