Shiite mosque attack in Pakistan
The death toll in a militant attack on a Shiite mosque in northwest Pakistan rose to 22 on Saturday after another injured person died of his wounds, officials said. Three heavily armed Taliban militants stormed the Imamia mosque with grenades, Kalashnikovs and explosive suicide vests in Peshawar, the main city in Pakistan's restive northwest, around the time of the main Friday prayers.
"Another injured person, Ali Hassan has succumbed to his injuries in the hospital, raising the death toll to 22," Hayatabad Medical Complex official Tqauheed Zulfiqar told AFP. (AFP)
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