Peshawar: Suicide Attack at a Shia Mosque

BBC Report: 17 Jan, 2008: A suicide attack at a Shia mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar has left 10 people dead and at least 20 wounded, officials have said.

The blast came as the minority Shia community prepared to mark this weekend's Ashura festival.

An eyewitness told the BBC the teenage bomber pushed past security personnel before blowing himself up.

Security has been high in Pakistan during the holy month of Muharram, of which Ashura marks the climax.

A BBC reporter at the scene counted five bodies and was told by officials other dead had been removed.

There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack.

Thursday's bombing happened in the same area of Peshawar where 11 people died in a suicide attack last year during Ashura.

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