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Mosque hit in northern Pakistan Pakistan mosque attack 'kills 30'
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A suicide bomber is reported to have detonated explosives in a mosque in a restive part of north-western Pakistan killing at least 10 people. A bomb has exploded at a mosque in a restive part of north-western Pakistan during Friday prayers, killing at least 30 people.
The attack happened in the Haya Gai area of Upper Dir district as Muslim worshippers gathered at the mosque for the main Friday prayers. Police said a suicide bomber detonated explosives at the mosque in Upper Dir district, although some witnesses said the bomb was already in the building.
Unconfirmed reports say people are wounded and the death toll could rise.
Nearby Swat Valley has been the scene of heavy fighting between the Pakistani military and Taliban militants.Nearby Swat Valley has been the scene of heavy fighting between the Pakistani military and Taliban militants.
The region has been hit by a number of suicide attacks linked to the Taliban insurgency, as well as the Shia-Sunni sectarian divide. Upper Dir has also been the scene of sporadic clashes between the two.
Around 50 people were killed in the town of Jamrud, in the Kyber agency, in March, after a suicide bomber targeted a mosque. The north-west region as a whole has witnessed a number of suicide attacks linked to the Taliban insurgency, as well as the Shia-Sunni sectarian divide.
In March, about 50 people died in a suicide bomb attack at a mosque near Jamrud, on the Khyber Pass route to Afghanistan.