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Peshawar: Over 90 people have been injured after a suicide attacker exploded himself at a busy mosque in Peshawar Police Lines area of Pakistan on Monday. The blast was reported during the Zuhr or afternoon prayers.
A report by GeoTV quoted security officials saying that the suicide attacker was present in the front row during the Zuhr prayers when he exploded himself.
As per DawnNewsTV report, the explosion took place around 1:40 pm on Monday.
One side of the mosque collapsed due to the impact of the explosion. Police say that several people were believed to be under it.
The area has been cordoned off and emergency has been imposed in the locality as well as hospital in Peshawar where the wounded are being treated.
Injured are being shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar. A spokesman of the hospital, Mohammad Asim, said they had received 90 injured people.
Sources in the hospital said that 13 of those injured were in a critical condition.
Reports quoted police officials at the spot saying that they were determining the nature of the blast. “Deaths were feared,” they added.
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