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muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 09:47 AM Mar 2022

Pakistan bombing kills dozens in Shia mosque in Peshawar

Last edited Fri Mar 4, 2022, 02:15 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: BBC

A bombing inside a mosque in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least 56 people, medics say.

A hospital spokesman said more than 190 people were wounded in the suspected suicide attack on the Shia mosque while Friday prayers were being held.

Some of the injured are said to be in a critical condition. No group has yet said it carried out the attack.
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"I saw a man firing at two policemen before he entered the mosque. Seconds later I heard a big bang," said one witness Zahid Khan, AFP news agency reports.



Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-60617108



Updated with horribly rising numbers.
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Pakistan bombing kills dozens in Shia mosque in Peshawar (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Mar 2022 OP
Sunni Terrorists chickens come home to roost. maxsolomon Mar 2022 #1
That's horrible. 58Sunliner Mar 2022 #2
Killing In The Name Of "God"... GB_RN Mar 2022 #3

maxsolomon

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1. Sunni Terrorists chickens come home to roost.
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 12:23 PM
Mar 2022

Talibs? IS?

Anti-Shia terror wa a feature in Afghanistan, and Pakistan did little but aid and abet it.

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