At least 25 worshippers are killed and 120 injured as suicide bomb attack collapses mosque roof during afternoon prayers in Pakistan.
- The bomber detonated his suicide vest as some 150 worshippers were praying
- The impact of the explosion collapsed the roof of the mosque which caved in
At least 25 people were killed and 120 were injured in a suicide bomb attack on a mosque in Pakistan.
The bomber detonated his suicide vest as some 150 worshippers - including many policemen from nearby police offices - were praying inside the mosque in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan at around 8.30am.
The impact of the explosion collapsed the roof of the mosque, which caved in and injured many, according to Zafar Khan, a local police officer.
A survivor, 38-year-old police officer Meena Gul, said he was inside the mosque when the bomb went off.