|
Four die in mosque blast
16/06/2008 20:13 - (SA)
Peshawar - A bomb in a Shi'ite
Muslim mosque in Pakistan's northwestern city of Dera Ismail
Khan killed four people on Monday, police said.
The bomb went off at dusk when Shi'ites were gathered in the
mosque for prayers. Two other people were injured.
"It appears to be a time-device," police official Abdul
Ghaffar told Reuters.
He said the bomb was planted in a toilet adjacent to the
mosque.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack. Ghaffar said
he suspected militants fighting security forces in the
neighbouring tribal region of South Waziristan were behind the
attack.
Pakistan has seen a wave of militant violence since July
last year and hundreds of people have been killed in the
attacks.
But, the violence has dipped recently after the new
government opened talks with al Qaeda-linked militants based
near the Afghan border.
- Reuters
|
News
