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| An explosion at a Shia mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar has left at least four people dead, officials say. | An explosion at a Shia mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar has left at least four people dead, officials say. |
| The cause of the explosion, which came as Shias prepared to mark the Ashura festival, was not immediately clear but witnesses reported a suicide bomber. | The cause of the explosion, which came as Shias prepared to mark the Ashura festival, was not immediately clear but witnesses reported a suicide bomber. |
| Up to 20 people were wounded in the blast at the capital of the north-western frontier province. | |
| Security has been high in Pakistan during the holy month of Muharram, of which Ashura marks the climax. | |
| Pakistan has a history of violence between Sunni and Shia extremists. | |
| Last week a suicide bomber killed more than 20 people at a police checkpoint in the eastern city of Lahore but it is not clear if that attack was sectarian. |