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A bomb exploded near a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in Peshawar late Saturday, killing at least 10 people, including the city police chief, and wounding 35, police said.
Most of the victims were police and municipal officials who were clearing the route for a procession of Shiites in a crowded old quarter of Peshawar, said police officer Aziz Khan. Provincial police chief Sharif Virk said that the city police chief Malik Saab was among the dead.
Rab Nawaz, a policeman on duty at the scene, said it was not clear if it had been a regular bombing or a suicide attack.
The blast went off in the Qissakhwani Bazaar area, about 200 meters from the Imam Barga Najmul Hassan mosque from where the Shiites had been preparing to start their procession. It caused a power outage that left the city center in darkness, complicating rescue efforts. Ten dead bodies were brought to Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital, police said.
Hotel attack being probed for Taliban link
ISLAMABAD: Authorities are probing the possible involvement of pro-Taliban militants in the suicide attack at Marriott hotel that killed one and wounded seven, officials said on Saturday. A surveillance camera video showed the bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body near the hotel basement after being stopped by a guard.
